2 powerful slides from David Healy

These are 2 slides from a sobering talk by David Healy. They summarise trials of antidepressants.  Boxes above the red lines refer to studies with a positive outcome, and those below the line reflect studies with a negative outcome. The top slide  summarises the subset of studies considered for a Lancet systematic review. The bottom slide summarises all the studies the FDA had access to. When you can’t believe what you read…..