scholarly journals Evidence into practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupatharshini Chilvers ◽  
Glynn Harrison ◽  
Attila Sipos ◽  
Madeline Barley
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Routine Clinical Practice ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
External Evidence ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Health Field

Psychiatrists have long recognised that routine clinical practice needs to be shaped and informed by external evidence (Lewis, 1958). Psychiatric researchers were among the first to utilise multi-centre randomised controlled trials (demonstrating the effectiveness of antipsychotics), and psychologists were among the first in the health field to develop techniques of meta-analysis. Social workers, too, point to their tradition with the publication of one of the earliest controlled trials (Lehrman, 1949).

scholarly journals Evidence into practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 181 (02) ◽  
pp. 99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupatharshini Chilvers ◽  
Glynn Harrison ◽  
Attila Sipos ◽  
Madeline Barley
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Routine Clinical Practice ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
External Evidence ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Health Field

Psychiatrists have long recognised that routine clinical practice needs to be shaped and informed by external evidence (Lewis, 1958). Psychiatric researchers were among the first to utilise multi-centre randomised controlled trials (demonstrating the effectiveness of antipsychotics), and psychologists were among the first in the health field to develop techniques of meta-analysis. Social workers, too, point to their tradition with the publication of one of the earliest controlled trials (Lehrman, 1949).

scholarly journals Antidepressants on trial: how valid is the evidence?

2009 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Parker
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Antidepressant Drugs ◽  
Clinical Effectiveness ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Current Trial ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Better Than

SummaryA recent meta-analysis concluded that newer antidepressant drugs are equivalent to or no better than placebos, a conclusion at some variance with their commonly judged clinical effectiveness. The ‘disconnect’ between randomised controlled trials and clinical practice would benefit from dissection of contributing factors, and redressing limitations to current trial procedures.

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