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A renewed, ethical defense of placebo-controlled trials of new treatments for major depression and anxiety disorders
- Boadie W Dunlop, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1256 Briarcliff Road NE, Building A, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; bdunlop{at}emory.edu
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A renewed, ethical defense of placebo-controlled trials of new treatments for major depression and anxiety disorders
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- Received November 18, 2008
- Revised January 30, 2009
- Accepted March 3, 2009
- First published May 29, 2009.
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May 29, 2009
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