Chittaranjan Andrade, MD
Dr Andrade is Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India, and Senior Professor (Retd), Department of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology
N-Acetylcysteine Augmentation for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Depression
February 18, 2021
Two recent meta-analyses found little effect of N-acetylcysteine augmentation in MDD or bipolar depression, although some past research has indicated its efficacy. In this article, Dr Andrade takes a...
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.
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology
Paternal Depression as a Risk Factor for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Offspring
December 1, 2020
Gestational exposure to antidepressants has been associated with risk of autism and ADHD, and a recent study also showed maternal depression as a risk factor. Intriguingly, paternal depression was...
Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology
Mean Difference, Standardized Mean Difference, and Their Use in Meta-Analysis
September 22, 2020
Measures and methods used in RCTs vary, so how can we combine their findings to synthesize the evidence? Read this article to gain a better understanding of meta-analysis methodology...
