1. On finding depressed patients for clinical trials
- Author
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M Al-Yassiri, PK Bridges, N Bouras, and H. M. A. S. Standish-Barry
- Subjects
Pharmacology ,Adult ,Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Clinical Trials as Topic ,Time Factors ,business.industry ,Depression ,Middle Aged ,Antidepressive Agents ,Clinical trial ,Investigation methods ,Short Reports ,medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Female ,Psychiatry ,business ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
A special clinic was set up in an attempt to overcome the problem of accumulating a sufficient number of depressed patients for inclusion in clinical trials. Only 21 patients of the 81 patients referred during 1 year fulfilled the criteria for inclusion in the trials. The function of the special clinic did not prove successful as a similar proportion of depressed patients was found in a comparison group referred to the district psychiatric outpatient clinic.
- Published
- 1983