Posted by 49er on August 28, 2010, at 5:09:13
In reply to Re: Ad follow up of Star D Study Worse Than Before » Phillipa, posted by violette on August 25, 2010, at 8:01:54
> "...lead study author Ed Pigott, PhD, a psychologist with NeuroAdvantage LLC"
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> I wonder if this has anything to do with his motivation to do this study? The guy doesn't have a MD in psychiatry, which to me, sort of impacts his credibility....though I wouldn't be interested in reading it to find out if the study was useful or not for these reasons.
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> Phillipa, hmmm. maybe you could find us some studies from independent psychiatrists in practice, small studies with different incentives...such as doctors noticing effects on their patients, then wanting to research that effect.Hi Violet,
You make some good points about this guy's background. I don't like to see that at all obviously.
But Bob Whitaker had reached the same conclusion about the Star D study. You might be interested in this article that just came out on his blog:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mad-in-america/201008/the-stard-scandal-new-paper-sums-it-all
You also might be interested in this exert:
In her article, Medscape Medical News writer Deborah Brauser asked STAR*D investigator Maurizio Fava, who is a prominent psychiatrist from Massachusets General Hospital, whether the published analysis by Pigott and his collaborators was correct. "I think their analysis is reasonable and not incompatible with what we had reported," he said.
Hmm
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