Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration

• Irving Kirsch ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: i.kirsch@hull.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

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• Brett J Deacon,

  Affiliation University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

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• Tania B Huedo-Medina,

  Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Alan Scoboria,

  Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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• Thomas J Moore,

  Affiliation Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Blair T Johnson

  Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

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