Posted by JLM on August 14, 2004, at 11:45:38
In reply to Re: How do you know the volunteer is healthy? » JLM, posted by theo on August 14, 2004, at 10:56:17
> A psychiatrist can only help someone that's honest. If you're running down the street naked, that's one thing. If a person who is depressed walks in and says they are fine and never attempted suicide, are you telling me a psychiatrist can see inside their mind and go nope, I can tell, because I am a doctor, that you have attemted suicide in the past.
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> I psychiatrist is only helpful when you tell them your condition, they are not mind readers and anyone can act one way when they are feeling completely the opposite when they want something, it's called acting.So, the MADRS and HAM-D are invalid measuring insruments? After all these are the instruments
that are used in clinical trials to establish the
benefit of the drug. Should we not trust these either since the patietnt migth be 'acting'? If you assume that, then you should also assume that
the results of any clinical trial for AD are probably not valid. You can't have valid results
without a valid way to measure them.See, I thought depression was like diabetes. At least I have/had read that on some promo material from Lilly/GSK/Forrest. Hrm......
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