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Placebo, Nocebo Reactions Confound Antidepressant Trials for Persistent Depression
June 20th 2017A new meta-analysis found that 31 percent of patients in antidepressant treatment trials for persistent depressive disorder (PDD) responded to placebo and 57 percent reported adverse (nocebo) effects to them.