A Large Number of Patients with Depression Who Showed No

question 162

Multiple Choice

A large number of patients with depression who showed no response to tricyclic antidepressants within three months switched to an SSRI drug,and many of them showed benefits within the next three months.Why is it difficult to draw any conclusion from this result?​

• A)Three months is too short a time period to evaluate the effectiveness of antidepressants.
• B)​The researchers should have varied the doses as well as the types of drugs.
• C)​The researchers should have tested the drugs on people without depression.
• D)​We need control groups that stayed on one drug for six months, or no drug for six months.

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