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So, this is a recent study
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in which they had 240 patients with major depressive disorder.
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They gave them four months of acute treatment
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with either cognitive behavioral therapy or Paxil, which is an SSRI.
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And in eight weeks here--they also had a placebo control group
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where they just got a pill, but it was a sugar pill.
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At eight weeks, the Paxil group, which is in red,
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and the CBT group, which is in yellow, were relatively even,
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although the Paxil group had a little bit of an edge over the CBT group.
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But by sixteen weeks the Paxil and CBT group were absolutely even
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in terms of the percent of people who were no longer depressed.
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So, both of them resulted in about 60% of people not being depressed.