Posted by Reggie BoStar on February 13, 2007, at 21:36:52
In reply to What is this about? (social anxiety treatment?), posted by dbc on February 13, 2007, at 18:24:30
yxibow is right. They provide no identification of themselves. Instead they ask you for personal information.
I think they're just mining for info. I'm certainly not going to touch them.
You might be better off by checking out "brand name" clinics like Lahey, Tufts, and so on. Contact them directly by phone; at least you'll be dealing with a known quantity. They can provide referrals if they themselves are not doing anything.
Sites like the American Psychiatric Org (http://www.psych.org/) or one of their links could have some trustworthy info about clinical trials.
I don't really know what I'm talking about here, but if I were casting around for clinical trials I'd start with established outfits and go from there.
I think it might be helpful if we could do a "traceroute" on that domain. I think I have an old program around here that does that. If I can fire that up and see what section of the country that domain is actually hosted in, I'll let you know.
Best of luck to you,
Reggie BoStar
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