Antidepressants DON'T make people any happier, major study claims

Antidepressants DON'T make people any happier, major study claims Antidepressants are no better at making people feel happier than taking no medication at all, a study claimed today. 

Patients on the drugs did not have a significantly better quality of life compared to depressed people who were not on the pills, the analysis found.

Researchers looked 17.5million US adults with depression over 10 years, with around half on medication and half not. The Daily Mail

See also: 

• Antidepressants and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients with depression: Analysis of the medical expenditure panel survey from the United States (open access) PLOS One