Tag: nnt
Response Rates in Psychiatric Drug Trials are Statistical Hocus Pocus
Peter Gøtzsche writes for the Brownstone Institute: "The outcomes used in psychiatric drug trials are not meaningful, and psychiatric diagnoses and names of drug...
Number Needed to Treat with a Psychiatric Drug to Benefit One...
The number needed to treat with a psychiatric drug to benefit one patient is largely an illusion, because more patients are harmed than receive a benefit.
Shining a Light on Numbers Needed to Treat (NNT)
With an NNT of 7, one out of every seven people given an SSRI would benefit from the treatment, while the other six would be needlessly exposed to the adverse effects.
