In the end, the researchers were able to apply their analysis to only six of the original 2,000-plus trials. These lucky few constitute an idiosyncratic mix: on the one hand, a multi-center NIMH trial, on the other, a study of St. John’s wort and imipramine as used in general medical practice in Germany. By chance, the trials tested only two antidepressants, Paxil and imipramine. (Parenthetically, some overviews have found Paxil to be among the least effective of the antidepressants.) It is this summary of six studies [out of 2,000] of two medications that has led the press to report more or less conclusively that antidepressants do little for minor mood disorders.
This is what's happened to journalism --> regurgitating medical "findings" without critically analyzing them. I shouldn't have to turn to a feminist blog for critical thinking and in-depth reporting.
