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Evaluating and Interpreting the Scientific Literature
What is a failed study?
How to identify potentially significant side effects hidden behind “misleading means”
Beware of fake papers!
Retracted papers and papers with “expression of concern” (under investigation)
How to judge the quality of a journal
Journal Impact Factor
Evaluating and Interpreting the Scientific Literature—Case Studies
The conclusions of the paper are not consistent with the statistical significance
What does this study tell us about the renal safety of immediate- versus prolonged-release lithium?
Your thoughts on the high rates of adverse effects in this study?
Coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer
Do antidepressant medications “increase the risk” of sudden cardiac death?
Biostatistics
Clinicians’ guide to screening tests in mental health
Why cut-off scores on screening tests matter to clinicians
The Mood Disorders Questionnaire is being used inappropriately
Don’t use screening questionnaires for bipolar disorder
What is a p value? (video)
“No significant difference”: Not different, but not the same
An example of misleading means (averages)
Non-inferiority comparisons
What is Effect Size, and how should it be interpreted?
Recommended Books about EBM
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