Analysis reveals that the number of clinical trials funded by the National Institute of Mental Health has fallen by 45% since the agency began to focus on the biological roots of disease.
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Reardon, S. US mental-health agency’s push for basic research has slashed support for clinical trials. Nature 546, 339 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/546338a
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