Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hi, I'm new. I haven't read much of the board yet, but I thought I would post the link to the ACNP Task Force " PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON SSRIs AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH " http://www.acnp.org/exec_summary.pdf Please note that members of the task force are also the researchers who did some of the original studies that were reviewed. Also check the drug company connections of the task force members listed in the final pages. I would also like to point out the the single most effective and safest treatment for depression has consistently been proven by the drug companies clinical double blind studies to be the placebo. In most (all?) cases, the studied medication out perform the placebo by less than 20%, often in the 5-10% range while the improvement rate for the placebo was consistently above 35%, in at least one case as high as 60%. The more the researchers refine the definition of improvement in depressive symptoms so that the drug scores higher, the placebo also scores higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hi, I'm new. I haven't read much of the board yet, but I thought I would post the link to the ACNP Task Force " PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON SSRIs AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH " http://www.acnp.org/exec_summary.pdf Please note that members of the task force are also the researchers who did some of the original studies that were reviewed. Also check the drug company connections of the task force members listed in the final pages. I would also like to point out the the single most effective and safest treatment for depression has consistently been proven by the drug companies clinical double blind studies to be the placebo. In most (all?) cases, the studied medication out perform the placebo by less than 20%, often in the 5-10% range while the improvement rate for the placebo was consistently above 35%, in at least one case as high as 60%. The more the researchers refine the definition of improvement in depressive symptoms so that the drug scores higher, the placebo also scores higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Hi Sara, You just sent gold over the internet. Welcome aboard and thanks!! Jim Link to the ANCP report Hi, I'm new. I haven't read much of the board yet, but I thought I would post the link to the ACNP Task Force " PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON SSRIs AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH " http://www.acnp.org/exec_summary.pdf Please note that members of the task force are also the researchers who did some of the original studies that were reviewed. Also check the drug company connections of the task force members listed in the final pages. I would also like to point out the the single most effective and safest treatment for depression has consistently been proven by the drug companies clinical double blind studies to be the placebo. In most (all?) cases, the studied medication out perform the placebo by less than 20%, often in the 5-10% range while the improvement rate for the placebo was consistently above 35%, in at least one case as high as 60%. The more the researchers refine the definition of improvement in depressive symptoms so that the drug scores higher, the placebo also scores higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Hi Sara, You just sent gold over the internet. Welcome aboard and thanks!! Jim Link to the ANCP report Hi, I'm new. I haven't read much of the board yet, but I thought I would post the link to the ACNP Task Force " PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE ON SSRIs AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH " http://www.acnp.org/exec_summary.pdf Please note that members of the task force are also the researchers who did some of the original studies that were reviewed. Also check the drug company connections of the task force members listed in the final pages. I would also like to point out the the single most effective and safest treatment for depression has consistently been proven by the drug companies clinical double blind studies to be the placebo. In most (all?) cases, the studied medication out perform the placebo by less than 20%, often in the 5-10% range while the improvement rate for the placebo was consistently above 35%, in at least one case as high as 60%. The more the researchers refine the definition of improvement in depressive symptoms so that the drug scores higher, the placebo also scores higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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