Posted by ed_uk2010 on December 8, 2013, at 1:26:24
In reply to Re: Irving Kirsch, placebos and antidepressants » larryhoover, posted by SLS on December 7, 2013, at 15:43:15
Part of the problem with psych drugs (as you well know), is that not only can they make people feel a lot better, they (including exactly the same drug) can make other people feel a lot worse. In any large trial, the overall response rate is confused and muddied by the large variability in response between different pts. The overall response rate to one specific drug therefore tends to end up looking unimpressive. Of course, this is hardly the only problem with trialing psych drugs, just one of many.
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