Publication Bias
15% of antidepressant trials were rewritten to present negative results positively. 31% of antidepressant trials reporting negative results were never published. The drug industry inflated antidepressant efficacy results by 32% overall. Ir…
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15% of antidepressant trials were rewritten to present negative results positively. 31% of antidepressant trials reporting negative results were never published. The drug industry inflated antidepressant efficacy results by 32% overall. Irving Kirsch used FOIA requests to access raw antidepressant trial data that revealed systemic misrepresentation. Physicians and patients make treatment decisions based on incomplete, selectively published trial data.