Posted by Garnet71 on May 12, 2009, at 11:06:37
In reply to Antidepressants Hardly Help ( Time Magazine), posted by rvanson on May 10, 2009, at 23:31:50
Antidepressant drug trials turn away most of the depressed population
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2001-02/01-091.html
Studies establishing the effectiveness of antidepressants are based on highly selective samples of depressed patients. New research by Brown University psychiatrists found as many as 85 percent of depressed patients treated in an outpatient setting would be excluded from the typical study to determine whether an antidepressant works.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------PROVIDENCE, R.I. While antidepressants are among the most frequently prescribed medications, most patients treated for major depression in a typical outpatient psychiatric practice would not qualify to take part in a clinical trial for a new antidepressant drug, according to a new Brown University study.
Trials to determine the effectiveness of antidepressants have historically evaluated only a small subset of depressed individuals with a very specific clinical profile. People diagnosed with other psychiatric problems and people with mild depression are among those excluded, says the study, which appears in the March 2002 American Journal of Psychiatry....
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