Review: in obsessive-compulsive disorder, clomipramine may be more effective than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors after controlling for other factors.
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Study selection Studies were eligible if they were randomised, doubleblind parallel trials of at least 8 weeks duration; used the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) to assess the efficacy of clomipramine or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and included point estimates, standard deviations or calculable data. The authors included 25 trials.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based mental health
دوره 6 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003