Categories: Depression

7/12/2018

Genetic testing to guide antidepressant choices: Big news coverage, but limited evidence

2/23/2018

Newsweek headline overreaches with assertion that “many more” should take antidepressants

1 10/21/2016

Are expensive, potent anti-inflammatory drugs a future option for depression? CNN’s story needed more scrutiny of evidence

7/13/2016

STAT’s story on postpartum depression drug– ‘a paradigm shift’ that needed more scrutiny

6/16/2016

Several errors mar Slate’s story on antidepressant use in kids

2 11/23/2015

Should light therapy be recommended for depression in general — not just in winter?

4 11/4/2015

Textured look at one health system’s relentless suicide prevention efforts

3 10/6/2015

Deep dive into the ethics and evidence underlying genetic testing in depression treatment

5 9/29/2015

Ketamine for depression: NPR coverage leans too heavily on proponents

2 9/17/2015

Nuanced portrait of evidence on prevention benefits of vitamin D

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The tale of two “negative” studies. Or, how spin is applied to make research findings look more impressive. A must read. https://johnmandrola.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-two-negative-studies

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The @nytimes chose to interview one of the editors of the @AnnalsofIM (publisher of this paper) who "gushed with extraordinary glee: It’s huge! There are very few things that reduce your mortality by 30%."
Turns out coffee is not one of those few things despite all that glee. https://twitter.com/garyschwitzer/status/1533202075928215558

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