Depression (mild-moderate): what the evidence supports and St. John's Wort
Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.
Outcome map
Depression (mild-moderate): what the evidence supports
2 graded interventions for depression (mild-moderate), ranked by strength of evidence.
Grade B2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.
Compound or practice
St. John's Wort
Genuinely works for mild-to-moderate depression — and is the single most dangerous supplement for drug interactions.
Grade B2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
Graded in both
Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.
No outcome has the same name in both entries. They may still overlap under different wording — read the two lists below.
Graded only in Depression (mild-moderate): what the evidence supports
- St. John's Wort Unclear effectEvidence grade B
- Saffron Unclear effectEvidence grade B
Graded only in St. John's Wort
- Mild-to-moderate depression Moderate effectEvidence grade B
- Severe depression Unclear effectEvidence grade C
Conditions
Only in Depression (mild-moderate): what the evidence supports
None.
Only in St. John's Wort
- Depression (mild-moderate) ImprovesEvidence grade B
What each entry says about the other
- Depression (mild-moderate): what the evidence supports’s entry · Goes with: Grade B
Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.