TY - JOUR
T1 - Individualized Homeopathy for Depression in Climacteric Women
T2 - Comments on the Retraction by PLoS ONE
AU - Del Carmen Macías-Cortés, Emma
AU - Llanes-González, Lidia
AU - Aguilar-Faisal, Leopoldo
AU - Asbun-Bojalil, Juan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - In April 2020 PLoS ONE retracted an original clinical research article, published in 2015, in which we demonstrated that individualized homeopathic treatment improves depression symptoms in climacteric women. The original assessment of this study was carried out by an expert in psychiatry (depression research) with close to 35 years' experience in the field of mental health. During post-publication discussions, no serious breaches of scientific procedure or misconduct were even insinuated. Our team answered all points of concern, raised by the current PLoS ONE editors, in extensive detail. All these were potential limitations of our study, which would usually be addressed by one of several appropriate post-publication actions, ranging from discussion of the concern within a systematic review, through to correcting the study itself by adding a correction notice. Therefore, in the interests of transparency and accuracy, a summary of the most relevant points is provided, so that a fair-minded reader can objectively form a clear opinion.
AB - In April 2020 PLoS ONE retracted an original clinical research article, published in 2015, in which we demonstrated that individualized homeopathic treatment improves depression symptoms in climacteric women. The original assessment of this study was carried out by an expert in psychiatry (depression research) with close to 35 years' experience in the field of mental health. During post-publication discussions, no serious breaches of scientific procedure or misconduct were even insinuated. Our team answered all points of concern, raised by the current PLoS ONE editors, in extensive detail. All these were potential limitations of our study, which would usually be addressed by one of several appropriate post-publication actions, ranging from discussion of the concern within a systematic review, through to correcting the study itself by adding a correction notice. Therefore, in the interests of transparency and accuracy, a summary of the most relevant points is provided, so that a fair-minded reader can objectively form a clear opinion.
KW - depression
KW - individualized homeopathy
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - retraction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85090458584&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-0040-1714741
DO - 10.1055/s-0040-1714741
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 32777857
AN - SCOPUS:85090458584
SN - 1475-4916
VL - 109
SP - 267
EP - 270
JO - Homeopathy
JF - Homeopathy
IS - 4
M1 - 2000056
ER -