I just looked it up and found this. It had been a while since I looked into all this. I guess they've settled it. It's a matter of improperly prescribing them, which seems to be very common. So, there are still many people on antidepressants, that are only experiencing the placebo effect.
I said after traditional treatments aren't working. Would it be better to let them continue to have symptoms?
No. You keep trying different combinations of treatments and medication until you find something that does work. You don't knowingly send you patient off to spend their money on a placebo. ---