Author’s reply to Braithwaite
BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g1437 (Published 12 February 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g1437- Ian Reid, professor of psychiatry1
- 1University of Aberdeen, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen AB25 2ZH, UK
- i.reid{at}abdn.ac.uk
I’m grateful to Braithwaite for giving me the opportunity to bang on about this a bit more.1 2 He misunderstands—the point is that Mitchell and colleagues’ study cannot account for rising prescription rates because they aggregated data across more than two decades.3 These authors do not chart a change in diagnostic practice, so the findings cannot support the idea that a loosening of diagnostic categories over time accounts for increased prescribing as Godlee suggests.4
The crucial point here, as Mitchell and colleagues point out,1 …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £173 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£38 / $45 / €42 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.