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Conflicts Of Interest And The Quality Of Recommendations In Clinical Guidelines, Lisa Cosgrove, Allen F. Shaughnessy, Deborah R. Erlich, Emily E. Wheeler, Harold J. Bursztajn
Conflicts Of Interest And The Quality Of Recommendations In Clinical Guidelines, Lisa Cosgrove, Allen F. Shaughnessy, Deborah R. Erlich, Emily E. Wheeler, Harold J. Bursztajn
Counseling and School Psychology Faculty Publication Series
Background: There is increasing concern that conflicts of interest affect the development process of clinical practice guidelines. We evaluated The American Psychiatric Association's Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder to determine the existence of financial and intellectual conflicts of interest and examine their possible effects. We selected this guideline because of its influence on clinical practice and because this guideline recommends pharmacotherapy for all levels of depression, despite controversies over the evidence base.
Methods and Findings: We determined the number and type of financial conflicts of interest for members of the guideline development group as …