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Letter: Psychology may need more analysis

Published 14 September 2016

From Ritchie McGladdery

Kayt Sukel gives a list of 10 major reversals in medical advice (27 August, p 34). This was in a sense reassuring, in that these matters are now being addressed. I was, however, alarmed that all the reversals concerned treatments for physical ailments, and none for psychological conditions. Should doctors treating such conditions now undergo similar analysis?
London, UK

The editor writes:
• We recently discussed the evidence crisis in psychology (16 April, p 38).

Issue no. 3091 published 17 September 2016

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