On 25 February 2008 Paul Okami wrote on the Kirsch et al article on anti-depressants: >For those who want to read the paper and not a news report, your can read >it at PloS: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-167 6
> It's by Irving Kirsch who has been blowing the whistle on these @#%$ >drugs for years. And before there is uncritical acceptance of Kirsch et al's meta-analysis, he's also been subjected to severe critical analysis: "Listening to Meta-Analysis but Hearing Bias" http://content.apa.org/journals/pre/1/2/6 There really are two sides to this debate: See, e.g., F. M. Quitkin, J. G . Rabkin, J. Gerald, J. M. Davis, and D. F. Klein "Validity of Clinical Trials of Antidepressants" Am J. Psychiatry 157: 3, March 2000, pp. 327-337 http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/157/3/327 Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
