14 Facts About Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch was born on March 7,1943 and is an American psychologist and academic.

Irving Kirsch is the Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and a lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Irving Kirsch is professor emeritus of psychology at the Universities of Hull and Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and the University of Connecticut in the United States.

Irving Kirsch is the originator of response expectancy theory, and his analyses of clinical trials of antidepressants have influenced official treatment guidelines in the United Kingdom.

Irving Kirsch is the author of the 2009 book The Emperor's New Drugs, which argued most antidepressant medication is effective primarily due to placebo effects.

The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, Irving Kirsch was born in New York City on March 7,1943.

Irving Kirsch received his PhD in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1975.

In 1975, Irving Kirsch joined the psychology department at the University of Connecticut, where he worked until 2004, when he became a professor of psychology at the University of Plymouth.

Irving Kirsch moved to the University of Hull in 2007 and joined the faculty of the Harvard Medical School in 2011.

Irving Kirsch has authored or edited 10 books and more than 200 scientific journal articles and book chapters.

Irving Kirsch's analysis of the effectiveness of antidepressants was an outgrowth of his interest in the placebo effect.

The controversy surrounding this analysis led Irving Kirsch to obtain files from the US Food and Drug Administration containing data from trials that had not been published, as well as those data from published trials.

In September 2019 Irving Kirsch published a review in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, which concluded that antidepressants are of little benefit in most people with depression and thus they should not be used until evidence shows their benefit is greater than their risks.

Irving Kirsch has focused some of his research on the topic of hypnosis.