Depressed adolescents not harmed by being part of placebo group in clinical trial

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 09:49 in Health & Medicine

In a national clinical trial, adolescents with moderate to severe depression first given a placebo treatment and then an antidepressant medication alone or in combination with therapy responded just as well over the long term as participants who received active treatment throughout the study, UT Southwestern Medical Centre researchers report...

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