Commentary: The use of placebos in psychiatric research

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Forester, Brent P ^a  

^a Mental Hlth Ctr of Gtr Manchester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOTE; PANIC; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PLACEBOS; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH;

EID: 0033007222     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1A36-6RX0-E850-KN27     Document Type: Note

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