Posted by Jamal Spelling on January 5, 2008, at 16:37:43
In reply to Re: STAR*D confirmed what patients already knew, posted by linkadge on January 5, 2008, at 15:24:47
It may be true that 67% of patients who follow the STAR*D algorithm can be brought into remission, but it is not necessarily as a result of following this algorithm. If each treatment phase lasted 14 weeks, that means this 67% figure was attained only after 56 weeks - more than a year! Since major depressive episodes often only last a few months, the observed remission may be little more than regression to the mean.
poster:Jamal Spelling
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