Research Methodology

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Recently published articles about Research Methods and Statistics

Letter to the Editor

How to Reliably Predict Relapse After Electroconvulsive Therapy?

December 7, 2021

Lambrichts and colleagues respond to Dr Andrade’s recent Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology article commenting on their study of maintenance ECT.

Pascal Sienaert , Simon Lambrichts , Kristof Vansteelandt , et al

Letter to the Editor

Interpreting Exploratory Analyses: Reply to Lambrichts et al

December 7, 2021

Dr Andrade responds to a comment from the authors of a study mentioned in his recent article on maintenance ECT.

Chittaranjan Andrade

Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

Limitations of the Odds Ratio in a Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer and Exposure to Antipsychotics

November 23, 2021

Dr Andrade considers the limitations of the odds ratio in a study of prolactin-raising vs prolactin-sparing antipsychotics and breast cancer risk, with the aim of helping readers understand how...

Chittaranjan Andrade

Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

Fluoxetine for Stroke: A Mixed Bag of Outcomes

June 8, 2021

Dr Andrade discusses the findings of a meta-analysis and two recent RCTs that indicate fluoxetine may not be a good choice in patients recovering from stroke.

Chittaranjan Andrade

Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

A Rebuttal of Criticisms of ECT

March 30, 2021

Electroconvulsive therapy has a negative connotation in many circles, but is it getting a bad rap? Dr Andrade offers thoughtful counterpoints to the criticism.

Chittaranjan Andrade

Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology

HARKing, Cherry-Picking, P-Hacking, and Data Dredging as Questionable Research Practices

February 18, 2021

In this article, Dr Andrade helps readers identify several types of statistical analysis that violate scientific principles and that researchers may knowingly—or unknowingly—engage in.

Chittaranjan Andrade