Posted by ShelliR on April 21, 2001, at 4:43:30
In reply to Re: Don't say it's just placebo-I'm a bit confused, posted by ShelliR on April 20, 2001, at 23:11:47
One thing I forgot. Suppose this study was totally legitimate and even concluded results had been the same for minor and moderate depression. That still wouldn't prove for any one individual, positive results were merely based on a placebo effect. These studies crunch numbers and come out with a significant difference. Of course that is useful for prediction of success. But after crunching numbers one could never claim that if one, or two, or x number of subjects actually had positive results, that is not legitimate for those individuals. Body chemistry differs, and the point of these studies is not to study each individual.
I'm not saying that placebo effect does not exist; of course it does. I'm just saying that the only way it could be proven for any individual is (1) what they claim they are experiencing is scientifically impossible, or (2) a blind study is given to that individual and the placebo works better or equal to the non-placebo.
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