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Psilocybin as a treatment for cancer patients who are not depressed: the NYU study

Posted December 14, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in cancer, Clinical trials, Psilocybin, Psychiatry

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Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you

Posted December 7, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Clinical trials, Cochrane Collaboration, cognitive behavioral therapy, control group, Evidence-based treatment, headaches, Medically unexplained symptoms, Mind-body, PACE trial, psychosomatic, randomized controlled trial, stress

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Unintended consequences of universal mindfulness training for schoolchildren?

Posted November 16, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in alternative medicine, Clinical trials, Conflict of interest, evidence-supported, happiness, Mind-body, mindfulness, positive psychology, Publication bias

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Why PhD students should not evaluate a psychotherapy for their dissertation project

Posted November 11, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in advice to junior researchers, cancer, Clinical trials, cognitive behavioral therapy, data sharing, distress, eating disorders, evidence-supported, mindfulness, power analysis, randomized clinical trial, randomized controlled trial, screening

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An open-minded, skeptical look at the success of “zero suicides”: Any evidence beyond the rhetoric?

Posted October 28, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in critical appraisal, death and dying, depression, evidence-supported, suicide, suicide prevention

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Hazards of pointing out bad meta-analyses of psychological interventions

Posted October 20, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in advice to junior researchers, Conflict of interest, Couples therapy, critical appraisal skils, Evidence-based treatment, meta analysis, Pubmed Commons

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The Golden Years: Traumatic Stress and Aging – An Interview with Joan Cook

Posted October 6, 2016 by Shaili Jain, MD in mental health care, Psychiatry, PTSD, research

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Before you enroll your child in the MAGENTA chronic fatigue syndrome study: Issues to be considered

Posted September 23, 2016 by James Coyne PhD in bioethics, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Clinical trials, Conflict of interest, Declaration of Helsinki, evidence-supported, fatigue, myalgic encephalomyelitis, PACE, protection of human subjects, Pubmed Commons, Science-based medicine, Trial registration

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