Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials Are Statistical Hocus Pocus

Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials are Statistical Hocus Pocus

Peter Gøtzsche writes for the Brownstone Institute: “The outcomes used in psychiatric drug trials are not meaningful, and psychiatric diagnoses and names of drug classes are also problematic. According to DSM-5, major depression “causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.”1 It is the other way around. People become depressed because they have difficulties in their lives,…

Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials Are Statistical Nonsense ⋆ Brownstone Institute

Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials Are Statistical Nonsense by Peter C. Gøtzsche at Brownstone Institute The outcomes used in psychiatric drug trials are not meaningful, and psychiatric diagnoses and names of drug classes are also problematic. According to DSM-5, major depression “causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.”1 It is the other way around. People beco…