Just read a Nature letter where a doctor supports these types of studies (and wants effectiveness studies to be freely available, rather than bound by corporate secrecy), but makes an interesting point:
Placebo effect is stronger in people with psychological/neurological problems. So the SSRIs still work, it's just more difficult to prove by comparing against placebo.
This still leaves open the issue of whether or not SSRIs should be prescribed if a sugar pill works just as well, on average.
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Placebo effect is stronger in people with psychological/neurological problems. So the SSRIs still work, it's just more difficult to prove by comparing against placebo.
This still leaves open the issue of whether or not SSRIs should be prescribed if a sugar pill works just as well, on average.