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SUBMITTER: Leuchter AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4248233 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leuchter Andrew F AF Hunter Aimee M AM Tartter Molly M Cook Ian A IA
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20140911 6
<h4>Background</h4>Pill-taking, expectations and therapeutic alliance may account for much of the benefit of medication and placebo treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). Aims To examine the effects of medication, placebo and supportive care on treatment outcome, and the relationships of expectations and therapeutic alliance to improvement.<h4>Method</h4>A total of 88 participants were randomised to 8 weeks of treatment with supportive care alone or combined with double-blind treatment w ...[more]