作者: Stefan Leucht , Sandra Hierl , Werner Kissling , Markus Dold , John M. Davis
DOI: 10.1192/BJP.BP.111.096594
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摘要: Background The efficacy of psychopharmacological treatments has been called into question. Psychiatrists are unfamiliar with the effectiveness common medical drugs. Aims To put psychiatric drugs perspective that major drugs. Method We searched Medline and Cochrane Library for systematic reviews on compared placebo disorders, systematically presented effect sizes primary outcomes. Results included 94 meta-analyses (48 in 20 diseases, 16 8 disorders). There were some general clearly higher than psychotropic agents, but not generally less efficacious other drugs. Conclusions Any comparison different outcomes diseases can only serve purpose a qualitative perspective. The increment improvement by drug over must be viewed context disease’s seriousness, suffering induced, natural course, duration, outcomes, adverse events societal values.