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Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective... by mlyle on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:44PM (#29732541)
I agree both endpoints are interesting-- but arguably remission is more important of an outcome measure than improvement.
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Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective... by bigfudge on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:17AM (#29734484)
But remission is defined by the same measure. It’s just an arbitrary threshold on the HDRS.
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Re:Experimental depression treatment is nearly 80% effective... by mlyle on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:40AM (#29734908)
Sure. And improvement is doubtlessly confounded more by the placebo effect. Still, both are interestink.
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