PLoS Medicine - Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A. Abstract Background Meta-analyses of antidepressant medications have reported only modest benefits over placebo treatment, and when unpublished trial data are included, the benefit falls below accepted criteria for clinical significance.
Yet, the efficacy of the antidepressants may also depend on the severity of initial depression scores. The purpose of this analysis is to establish the relation of baseline severity and antidepressant efficacy using a relevant dataset of published and unpublished clinical trials. Methods and Findings. Home. Psychology Today: How to Get Great Sleep. Blame it on the Industrial Revolution.
Or maybe on the light bulb. But ever since man met machine, sleep has been on the skids.