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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Sarah Boseley Health editor

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: The drugs do work antidepressants are effective study shows - Caught on Camera

It is likely than one million more people a year should have access to either drugs or psychotherapy for depression, say experts.
It is likely that in the UK alone 1 million more people a year should have access to either drugs or psychotherapy for depression, say experts. Photograph: Darron Cummings/AP

Antidepressants work – some more effectively than others – in treating depression, according to authors of a groundbreaking study which doctors hope will finally put to rest doubts about the controversial medicine.

Millions more people around the world should be prescribed pills or offered talking therapies, which work equally well for moderate to severe depression, say the doctors, noting that just one in six people receive proper treatment in the rich world – and one in 27 in the developing world.

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