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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "drugs for bipolar disorder than for depression" mean...?
Does "respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than for depression" mean "respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than respond better to drugs for depression"?
"drugs for depression" means "drugs that treat depression"?
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Ghaemi is interested in whether such patients might respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than for depression. But his colleagues warned him against straying from the DSM when he applied for funding at the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), because peer reviewers tended to insist on research that hewed to DSM categories. Ghaemi held off from applying.
More:
http://www.nature.com/news/psychiatry-framework-seeks-to-reform-diagnostic-doctrine-1.12972
"drugs for depression" means "drugs that treat depression"?
Context:
Ghaemi is interested in whether such patients might respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than for depression. But his colleagues warned him against straying from the DSM when he applied for funding at the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), because peer reviewers tended to insist on research that hewed to DSM categories. Ghaemi held off from applying.
More:
http://www.nature.com/news/psychiatry-framework-seeks-to-reform-diagnostic-doctrine-1.12972
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Typo: "than respond better to drugs for depression" should be "than respond to drugs for depression."
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Does "respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than for depression" mean "respond better to drugs for bipolar disorder than respond to drugs for depression"? Yes.
"drugs for depression" means "drugs that treat depression"?
"drugs for depression" means "drugs that treat depression"?
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