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HEALTHY SKEPTICISM INTERNATIONAL NEWS
October 2006 Vol 24 No 10
Don't judge a paper by its abstract
By: Peter Parry
Peter Parry is a consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist who became interested, perplexed and then troubled after closely comparing the abstract of a highly important paper to his clinical practice with the paper's own results in the body of its text. The paper in question "Fluoxetine, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy and Their Combination for Adolescents with Depression - Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) Randomised Control Trial" highlights problems in current research and medical publication. Abstracts may reflect bias of the researchers or study sponsors and distort findings of the research.
Go to: www.healthyskepticism.org/global/news/int/hsin06-10
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