Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.

There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.

Depression comes back over time in about 90 percent of people on antidepressants. Studies show that relapses are far less common when people are treated with psychotherapy.

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

The doctor-patient relationship is critical to the placebo effect.

I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.

Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.

Lighting a cigarette with a sense of achievement for company made the journey worth it.

LET THE FLAMES BEGIN!

I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.

God helps those who help others.

With a heavy load and a long journey

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition.

The formats have changed so much, and even if you look at alternative music today, most of it isn't really that alternative. It's just good, strong, modern music.

I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and would never have to worry.

Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and warmongers.