This is not going to be an article on Intelligent Design. But Intelligent Design is a member of a class of concepts that appear in scientific dialogue without ever having earned their way in the usual fashion of combining theory with evidence. Now Intelligent Design just happens to be a concept that scientists would like […]
An article in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine finds that anti-depressants don’t contribute significantly to the recovery of bipolar patients. It is estimated that some 70% of bipolars are also being prescribed one or another anti-depressant. Since these are not fast-acting medications, it is often difficult to tell which of […]
Jonathan Chait, a senior editor at the New Republic, reports that when the National Journal asked Republican senators and members of the House last year “…whether it’s been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the earth is warming because of man-made problems,” only some 23% said yes. Since that time there has been a further […]
The AAPB has just published the document “Evidence-Based Practice in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback,” by Carolyn Yucha and Christopher Gilbert. It has been more than ten years since the AAPB has issued an official statement of conditions where efficacy of biofeedback is recognized by the organization. Since that earlier document, we have witnessed the continuing thrust […]
A Critique of NIMH’s Major Study of Anti-Depressant Effectiveness
On March 23rd the Washington Post reported in a front-page article on the findings just released from NIMH’s 35-million dollar “Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression” study. The study results were met with mixed reviews. The url: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202450.html The results from this study were published in three articles and discussed in an editorial in the […]