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ECT Controversy: Incomplete evidence and misleading reasoning

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Depressive Illness
  • Post published:November 15, 2020
  • Post last modified:June 18, 2022

IntroductionThis is a supplement to my previous commentaries concerning scientific methodology and ECT; those explain why RCTs (Randomised Controlled Trials) are a less useful a technique than is supposed and…

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ECT: Scientific methodology gone wrong

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Depressive Illness
  • Post published:July 13, 2020
  • Post last modified:June 18, 2022

AbstractEvidence based medicine, via the vehicles of randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis, and guidelines, has achieved a hegemony in all spheres of medical research, practice, insurance reimbursement, clinical practice auditing, and…

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Thinking, Life, Stress and Depression: Pt 4

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Depressive Illness
  • Post published:January 18, 2020
  • Post last modified:June 18, 2022

Asides and Quotes on Life & HappinessEpictetus, Stoic PhilosopherEpictetus was a ‘Stoic’ Philosopher in the 1st c AD [1], the quotes below will seem familiar to those who have knowledge…

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Depression Descriptions in Literature

  • Post author:Dr Ken Gillman
  • Post category:Depressive Illness
  • Post published:November 13, 2000
  • Post last modified:October 28, 2021

Descriptions of depression from literature I particularly recommended (passages from) three books: 1. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison 2. John Stuart Mill,…

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