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The limitations of using randomised controlled trials as a basis for developing treatment guidelines

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  • Roger Mulder Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ajeet B Singh Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia School of Medicine, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amber Hamilton Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pritha Das Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tim Outhred Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Grace Morris Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Darryl Bassett Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Private Practice in Psychiatry and Division of Psychiatry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bernhard T Baune Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Berk Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia School of Medicine, IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Orygen Research Centre, and the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philip Boyce Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bill Lyndon Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School Northern, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Mood Disorders Unit, Northside Clinic, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia ECT Services, Northside Group Hospitals, Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gordon Parker Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia Black Dog Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gin S Malhi Mood Assessment and Classification (MAC) Committee, Sydney, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Gin S Malhi, CADE Clinic, Academic Department of Psychiatry, Level 3, Main Building, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia; gin.malhi{at}sydney.edu.au
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Mulder R, Singh AB, Hamilton A, et al
The limitations of using randomised controlled trials as a basis for developing treatment guidelines
Evidence-Based Mental Health 2018;21:4-6.

Publication history

  • Received April 28, 2017
  • Revised May 26, 2017
  • Accepted May 29, 2017
  • First published July 14, 2017.
Online issue publication 
January 23, 2018

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