Antidepressants do work, says review of 500 global studies
"Antidepressants are an effective tool for depression," an international review of 522 studies involving 116,477 patients confirmed. However, scientists noted just one in six people receive proper treatment in the "rich" world while it's one in 27 for the developing nations. Affecting 350 million people, "depression is the single largest contributor to global disability," said an Oxford professor.