Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Article: Bias in Antidepressant Evidence?

This article from Montreal's The Gazette asks the question, "Is there a bias toward publishing only positive results for antidepressants?"

The article questions the integrity of the evidence based approach. Specifically:

This evidence-based medicine relies specifically and primarily on analysis of clinical studies...However, the integrity of this approach depends on whether the available evidence is comprehensive and balanced. Critics have often cited this "publication bias" or the "file drawer effect" whereby negative studies might not make it to publication.

View the complete article from The Gazette (Montreal).