"Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run."

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Source : "Antidepressants: The Emperor’s New Drugs?" by Irving Kirsch, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2010.

Irving Kirsch

#Running Quotes #Long Quotes #Type Quotes

“Time flies when you're having fun, and I've been having fun for the last thirty years. Reflecting on the upcoming 30th anniversary of Apollo 11.”
“I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.”
“If chocolate were a mandatory part of breakfast, people wouldnâ€™t be so grouchy in the morning.”
“Don't let the bastards grind you down. I repeat this to myself but it conveys nothing. You might as well say, Don't let there be air; or Don't be. I suppose you could say that.”
“The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.”
“I bet she woke up with her hair looking like something out of a Pantene commercial while little bluebirds circled around her head, and raccoons brought her breakfast or something.”
“Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.”
“I think he became a man who brought peace and wisdom to hi world, because he knew about war and folly. I think that he loved greatly, because he had seen what lost love is. And I think he came to know, too, that he was loved greatly." She looked at the strawberry in her hands. "But I thought you didn't want me to tell you your future.”

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