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Clinical Trial of a New Antidepressant (WY.3263)

With Assessment of Doctor–Patient Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

N. K. El-Deiry ,
A. D. Forrest  and
S. K. Littmann
N. K. El-Deiry
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh 10
A. D. Forrest
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh
S. K. Littmann
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh 10
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Extract

In the clinical evaluation of psychopharmacological agents there are many factors which operate simultaneously with the pharmacological effects. These other factors may independently have an effect on the patient's symptomatology. In uncontrolled studies, therefore, these “non-drug” factors may frequently lead to erroneous clinical conclusions in regard to drug efficacy as well as side reactions.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 502 , September 1967 , pp. 999 - 1004
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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