Healio (9/30, VanDewater) reports, “In randomized clinical trials, participants with treatment-resistant major depression [TRD] experienced a large placebo effect across all treatment modalities,” investigators concluded after analyzing data from “50 studies of 3,228 participants (mean age, 45.8 years; 54.8% women) with TRD.” The findings of the systematic review and meta-analysis were published online Sept. 24 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Placebo effect large in treatment-resistant depression “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, September 30, 2021