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Wisdom of the elders

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Bias in Science
  • Post published:September 28, 2022
  • Post last modified:November 5, 2022

Book.  Treating the Brain: An Odyssey by Barry Blackwell, MD International Network for the History of Neuropsychopharmacology 2020 As a further introduction to this section on ‘Bias in science’ it…

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P-hunting: The illogical in pursuit of the indefensible

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Bias in Science
  • Post published:February 24, 2022
  • Post last modified:November 5, 2022

*A parody on Oscar Wilde [foxhunting: the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable]*’Indefensible’, i.e., calling SSRIs antidepressants, when they are merely anxiolyticsA follow-on to Healy, “Do Randomized Controlled Trials Add…

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Mirtazapine: The greatest lie of all?

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Bias in Science
  • Post published:March 1, 2020
  • Post last modified:November 5, 2022

I wrote my criticism of this drug decades ago, and nothing has changed, except that the evidence for my initial opinions has become more substantial — people are still using…

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Stepped trials: Magnifying methodological muddles — the supernatant effect

  • Post author:Sophie
  • Post category:Bias in Science
  • Post published:June 12, 2019
  • Post last modified:November 5, 2022

Abstract Stepped trials such as STAR*D suffer from a serious methodological flaw.  In each stage of the trial one is dealing with a different population sample that has a different…

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