Letter to the Editor December 15, 2005

Reply to "Placebo Response in Psychotic Depression"

George M. Simpson, MD; Steven J. Kingsbury, MD, PhD

J Clin Psychiatry 2005;66(12):1615-1616

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Sir: We thank Dr. Rothschild for his comments on our recentarticle and for the opportunity to respond to his criticisms. Wedo not believe that we overinterpreted the significance of ourresults.Dr. Rothschild quotes his own 2 identical studies,1 whichincluded some 30 sites.’ ‹