The cumulative effect of reporting and citation biases on the apparent efficacy of treatments: the case of depression

Psychol Med. 2018 Nov;48(15):2453-2455. doi: 10.1017/S0033291718001873. Epub 2018 Aug 2.

Authors

Y A de Vries¹, A M Roest¹, P de Jonge¹, P Cuijpers², M R Munafò³, J A Bastiaansen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation,University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen,Groningen,the Netherlands.
² Department of Clinical, Neuro-, and Developmental Psychology,Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,Amsterdam,the Netherlands.
³ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit,University of Bristol,Bristol,UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antidepressants; bias; citation bias; depression; psychotherapy; reporting bias.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antidepressive Agents / pharmacology*
Clinical Trials as Topic*
Depressive Disorder / drug therapy*
Humans
Publication Bias*
Statistics as Topic*

Substances

Antidepressive Agents

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