PUBLICATION BIAS UNDERMINES EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE
Mark Bennett MD, FRCPC The bias towards publishing positive results in research is well known, yet despite this nearly half of all clinical trial data goes unpublished. The consequences are severe; biasing clinicians, harming patients, and..
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SHOULD DRUG TRIALS BE CONSIDERED RESEARCH?
Vol 2 #8 Over the past several months the Canadian healthcare scene has been hit by a number of journalistic exposés relating to the impact of big Pharma on clinical medicine. The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s leading newspaper..
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RESEARCH FUNDING IN PSYCHIATRY : HAVE NIMH AND CIHR OVERLOOKED SYSTEMIC BIAS?
Vol 2 #11 Mona Gupta MD CM, FRCPC, PhD University of Montreal Introduction The psychiatric research enterprise has grown considerably over the last two generations and the quest to link the clinical manifestations of mental illnesses to und..
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An Academic Productivity Index: Integrating Grant Funding and Publications
Vol 3 #6 James A. Bourgeois, O.D., M.D. (Corresponding) Ana Hategan, M.D. Dr.Bourgeois is Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor Scott & White Health, Central Texas Division; Clinical Professor, College of Medicine, Texas A&M U..
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FROM FEAR TO HOPE in 2021
Vol 10 #1 Alan Eppel The year 2021 will mark the sixth year of publication of the Journal of Psychiatry Reform. Articles have been published on a monthly basis and distributed by mail-outs and postings to social media. There have been..
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What patients wish health professionals knew about partnering with them
Diana Duong CMAJ July 12, 2021 193 (27) E1056-E1058; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1095951 Patients have played an increasing role in health care research and decisions over the past decade. However, challenges persist around c..
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Meta-research matters: Meta-spin cycles, the blindness of bias, and rebuilding trust
Republished in JPR Vol 11 #4 February 2, 2022 Citation: Bero L (2018) Meta-research matters: Meta-spin cycles, the blindness of bias, and rebuilding trust. PLoS Biol 16(4): e2005972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005972 Published: Ap..
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Considering the methodological limitations in the evidence base of antidepressants for depression: a reanalysis of a network meta-analysis
BMJ Open 2019;9:e024886. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024886 Reprinted in the Journal of Psychiatry Reform Vol 9 #16. November 14, 2022 under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 license Authors Klaus Munkholm, Asger Sand Paludan-Müller, ..
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Journal of Psychiatry Reform Reaches 100,000 views
Journal of Psychiatry Reform vol. 10 #5, May 2023 In November 2015 Alan Eppel and a group of residents from McMaster’s Psychiatry program spontaneously came together to set up the Journal of Psychiatry Reform. This included Susan McNair, J..
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