Inappropriate data and measures lead to questionable conclusions

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-122

  Spielmans, Glen I ^a   Jureidini, Jon ^b   Healy, David ^d   Purssey, Robert ^c  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; VENLAFAXINE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ADVERSE OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG RESEARCH; HAMILTON SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84871957019     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.747     Document Type: Letter

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