A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression

There has been recent debate regarding the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression. This has been based on narrative reviews that contradict existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. In this special article, we highlight the mistakes that occur when interpreting evi...

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Autores principales: Meechan, C. F., Laws, K. R., Young, A. H., McLoughlin, D. M., Jauhar, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35083968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796021000731
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author Meechan, C. F.
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description There has been recent debate regarding the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression. This has been based on narrative reviews that contradict existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. In this special article, we highlight the mistakes that occur when interpreting evidence using narrative reviews, as opposed to conventional systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
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spelling pubmed-88510592022-03-04 A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression Meechan, C. F. Laws, K. R. Young, A. H. McLoughlin, D. M. Jauhar, S. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci Special Article There has been recent debate regarding the efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of depression. This has been based on narrative reviews that contradict existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. In this special article, we highlight the mistakes that occur when interpreting evidence using narrative reviews, as opposed to conventional systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Cambridge University Press 2022-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8851059/ /pubmed/35083968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796021000731 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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