MedAvante Responds to USA TODAY Story on Antidepressant Effectiveness

2/3/2010 2:12:14 PM

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Detke’s response to a USA TODAY article about new research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that suggests patients with milder forms of depression do not benefit from antidepressant therapy has been published in USA TODAY.

In his letter to the editor, Dr. Detke discusses placebo effect.

The full letter can be found on the USA Today website:  Eliminate bias in clinical trials

(USA TODAY, January 14, 2010)