Research Briefings

Loberiza FR Jr , Rizzo JD , Bredeson CN , et al. Association of depressive syndrome and early deaths among stem-cell transplantation for malignant diseases. J Clin Oncol. 2002;20:2118-2126.

Shelton RC , Keller MB , Gelenberg A , et al. Effect of St. John’s wort in major depression: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2001;285:1978-1986.

Hypericum Depression Trial Study Group . Effect of Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s wort) in major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002;287:1807-1814.

Kupfer DJ , Frank E. Placebo in clinical trials for depression: complexity and necessity. JAMA. 2002;287:1853-1854.

Vorbach EU , Arnoldt KH , Hubner WE. Efficacy and tolerability of St. John’s wort extract LI 160 versus imipramine in patients with severe depressive episodes according to ICD- 10. Pharmacopsychiatry. 1997;30(suppl 2):81-85.

Khan A , Leventhal RM , Khan SR , Brown WA. Severity of depression and response to antidepressants and placebo: an analysis of the Food and Drug Administration database. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2002;22(1):40-45.

Walsh BT , Seidman SN , Sysko R , Gould M. Placebo response in studies of major depression: variable, substantial and growing. JAMA. 2002;287:1840-1847.

Hrobjartsson A , Gotzsche PC. Is the placebo powerless? An analysis of clinical trials comparing placebo with no treatment. N Engl J Med. 2001;344:1594-1602.

Does the placebo exist? Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:291-292.

Ader R. Much ado about nothing. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:293-295.

Brody H , Weismantel D. A challenge to core beliefs. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:296-298.

Greene PJ , Wayne PM , Kerr CE , et al. The powerful placebo: doubting the doubters. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:298-307.

Kirsch I , Scoboria A. Apples, oranges and placebos: heterogeneity in a meta-analysis of placebo effects. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:307-309.

Wickramasekera I. The placebo efficacy study: problems with the definition of the placebo and the mechanisms of placebo efficacy. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:309-312.

Hrobjartsson A , Gotzsche PC. Core belief in powerful effects of placebo interventions is in conflict with no evidence of important effects in a large systematic review. Adv Mind-Body Med. 2001;17:312-318.

Papakostas YG , Daras MD. Placebos, placebo effect and the response to the healing situation: the evolution of a concept. Epilepsia. 2001;42:1614-1625.

Moerman DE , Jonas WB. Deconstructing the placebo effect and finding the meaning response. Ann Intern Med. 2002;136:471-476.