Irving Kirsch has the world doubting the efficacy of antidepressants. Based on fifteen years of research, The Emperors New Drugs makes an overwhelming case that what the medical community considered a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus. But Kirsch does more[...]

Documents how the data were suppressed by the drug companies and how government regulatory agencies collaborated in withholding them from public view. This book shows that the chemical imbalance theory is simply wrong and that it has been disproven by scientific evidence.[...]