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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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American psychiatry has weathered the crisis; it will not have to confront a public stunned by news of how the oft-cited 67% cumulative remission rate, in the largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment,” was born of scientific misconduct. There was one other red flag.

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Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

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Here is the cover from that issue: In his essay, Miller repeatedly stressed that ever since 2006, the STAR*D study had stood “out as a beacon guiding treatment decisions.” Two years later, in a National Institute of Health study that compared Zoloft to St. John’s wort and to placebo, 24% of the patients treated with St.