Posted by JonW on July 14, 2002, at 19:16:44
In reply to Someone please shoot some holes in this story..., posted by waterlily on July 14, 2002, at 17:33:39
I know the Newsweek article quotes a doctor who makes a good point. He says that the patients with mild depression who typically participate in clinical trials can exaggerate their response to placebo while in his experience severely depressed patients don't do nearly as well on placebo. He believes that drugs are more effective in the real world where they are used to treat a variety of depressions over a long period of time.
Jon
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