Here’s something I don’t get to say very often – a new mental health study came out that I’m very excited about. A study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health showed that people whose depression is not treated successfully with an initial course of antidepressant therapy can often find success by trying a second course with a different antidepressant or an additional antidepressant.
During the study, which is part of a broad, six-year study of mental illness, 2,876 patients...
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