Newsweek's front cover screamed on its February 10, 2010 issue: Antidepressants Don't Work. Writer Sharon Begley is referring to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month. The study actually found that for patients with mild to moderate depression, placebos - the inactive pills given to some of the study participants - relieved depression about as much as the actual antidepressants did. Patients with severe depression did get more benefit from the...

