Journal article
Antidepressant Treatment of Depression: A Metaanalysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To carry out a metaanalysis of antidepressant studies to calculate the effect sizes for antidepressant effect in depressive disorder.
METHOD: A metaanalysis of all antidepressant studies that included an active comparison drug as well as placebo was used to calculate the effect size. Articles were selected from a MEDLINE search for the period January 1966 to June 1995. Forty-nine studies were included in the metaanalysis.
Authors
Joffe R; Sokolov S; Streiner D
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 613–616
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
December 1996
DOI
10.1177/070674379604101002
ISSN
0706-7437