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Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective... by arcticfox on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:45PM (#29733332)
Wouldn't the patients just opt out of the trial rather than continue and lie to the researchers? Nobody's being forced into it
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Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective... by hsn915 on Thursday December 30, 2021 @04:10AM (#29735040)
You can't assume that.

Part of being depressed is you don't even have the will to resist being treated in a way that you don't like.

In fact, I'd say that feeling powerless against conditions that you don't like is the core of what depression is.

It's why someone who is depressed doesn't feel like doing anything, because they feel like no matter what they do nothing will ever change so nothing they do is ever worth the effort.

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