http://thecountryshrink.com/2008/05/04/prozac-good-for-children-with-depression/ A psychologist from rural America comments on psychology, psychiatry, religion, and politics. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thecountryshrink.com/2008/05/04/prozac-good-for-children-with-depression/#comment-159 On Bias in Pharmaceutical Studies « The Country Shrink Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:19:39 +0000 http://thecountryshrink.wordpress.com/?p=7#comment-159 [...] I have seen a number of popular drugs tested against placebo and the only statistics you find in the article to be “percent who achieved remission.”  You read the whole article and the only thing presented is percentages and statistics to tell you if the percentages who fall into certain groups differ.  This is also done so that the drug looks better than placebo.  As an example, please see my previous analysis of on a study of antidepressants (Prozac) in children. [...] [...] I have seen a number of popular drugs tested against placebo and the only statistics you find in the article to be “percent who achieved remission.”  You read the whole article and the only thing presented is percentages and statistics to tell you if the percentages who fall into certain groups differ.  This is also done so that the drug looks better than placebo.  As an example, please see my previous analysis of on a study of antidepressants (Prozac) in children. [...]

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