Antidepressants may do more harm than good

Commonly prescribed antidepressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, according to researchers who have published a paper examining the impact of the medications on the entire body. "We need to be much more cautious about the widespread use of these drugs," says Paul Andrews, an evolutionary biologist at McMaster University and lead author of the article. Andrews and his colleagues examined previous patient studies into the effects of antidepressants and determined...