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No medication without representation? Generalizing from antidepressant clinical efficacy trials to clinical practice

A commentary on ‘The generalizability of antidepressant efficacy trials to routine psychiatric out-patient practice’ by van der Lem et al. (2010)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2011

I. M. Anderson
I. M. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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*Address for correspondence: Dr I. M. Anderson, Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. (Email: ian.anderson@manchester.ac.uk)
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Keywords

Antidepressantsgeneralizabilityoutcomepersonalized medicinerandomized clinical trials
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 41 , Issue 7 , July 2011 , pp. 1349 - 1351
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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