Posted by quilter on June 22, 2000, at 23:41:44
In reply to Re: 20/20 Tonight » kazoo, posted by harry b. on June 22, 2000, at 23:12:27
I was perturbed by the study by Dr.Healy. His group of subjects was much too small (n=20) to make a valid study, and was composed of "normal" subjects with no history of depression or suicidal ideation.
Seems to me that one should expect to have unusual results when you amplify normal people's serotonin levels by administering a SSRI. The length of the study was also only 2 weeks - another flaw in my opinion ( but a good thing for the poor subjects).
I expected better of 20/20 than the same junk science all over the media these days. They did have the information in the report but how many will remember only the skewed "headlines" instead of the facts?
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