Michael P. Hengartner Explained
| Michael Pascal Hengartner |
| Honorific Suffix: | MSc, PhD |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Education: | Master of Science (MSc): clinical psychology, psychopathology, and criminology (2009); Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): psychology (2013) |
| Occupation: | Psychologist
- Professor; Medical researcher
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| Years Active: | 2010–present |
| Profession: | Professor; Psychologist; Researcher |
| Work Institutions: | Section for Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, ZHAW School of Applied Psychology |
| Research Field: | Psychiatry
- Psychology
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| Notable Works: | Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest (Hengartner, 2022) |
Michael Pascal Hengartner is an academic psychologist at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences who has published on the subject of antidepressants and in other areas.[1] [2] In 2022, he published a book called Evidence-Biased Antidepressant Prescription: Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest. He has also published with other notable researchers such as Joanna Moncrieff[3] [4] and Irving Kirsch.[5] [6]
Selected publications
Books
- Book: Hengartner . Michael P. . Evidence-Biased Antidepressant Prescription: Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest . 2022 . Springer International Publishing . 10.1007/978-3-030-82587-4 . 978-3-030-82586-7 .
Papers
- Hengartner . Michael P. . Plöderl . Martin . False Beliefs in Academic Psychiatry: The Case of Antidepressant Drugs . Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry . July 2018 . 20 . 1 . 6–16 . 1559-4343 . 1938-9000 . 10.1891/1559-4343.20.1.6 . 149608377 .
- Hengartner MP, Plöderl M . Statistically Significant Antidepressant-Placebo Differences on Subjective Symptom-Rating Scales Do Not Prove That the Drugs Work: Effect Size and Method Bias Matter! . Front Psychiatry . 9 . 517 . 2018 . 30386270 . 6199395 . 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00517 . free .
- Hengartner MP, Jakobsen JC, Sørensen A, Plöderl M . Efficacy of new-generation antidepressants assessed with the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, the gold standard clinician rating scale: A meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials . PLOS ONE . 15 . 2 . e0229381 . 2020 . 32101579 . 7043778 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0229381 . 2020PLoSO..1529381H . free .
- Hengartner MP . How effective are antidepressants for depression over the long term? A critical review of relapse prevention trials and the issue of withdrawal confounding . Ther Adv Psychopharmacol . 10 . 2045125320921694 . 2020 . 32435449 . 7225779 . 10.1177/2045125320921694 .
- Hengartner MP . Is there a genuine placebo effect in acute depression treatments? A reassessment of regression to the mean and spontaneous remission . BMJ Evid Based Med . 25 . 2 . 46–48 . April 2020 . 30975717 . 10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111161 .
- Hengartner MP, Plöderl M . Estimates of the minimal important difference to evaluate the clinical significance of antidepressants in the acute treatment of moderate-to-severe depression . BMJ Evid Based Med . 27 . 2 . 69–73 . April 2022 . 33593736 . 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111600 . 231939760 .
- Moncrieff J, Cooper RE, Stockmann T, Amendola S, Hengartner MP, Horowitz MA . The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence . Mol Psychiatry . 28. 8. 3243–3256. July 2022 . 35854107 . 10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0 . 10618090 . 250646781 . free .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dr. Michael Pascal Hengartner . ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences . 14 July 2021 . 23 September 2022.
- Book: Hengartner . Michael P. . Evidence-Biased Antidepressant Prescription: Overmedicalisation, Flawed Research, and Conflicts of Interest . 2022 . Springer International Publishing . 10.1007/978-3-030-82587-4 . 978-3-030-82586-7 .
- Moncrieff J, Cooper RE, Stockmann T, Amendola S, Hengartner MP, Horowitz MA . The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence . Mol Psychiatry . 28. 8. 3243–3256. July 2022 . 35854107 . 10.1038/s41380-022-01661-0 . 10618090 . free .
- Hengartner MP, Moncrieff J . Inconclusive Evidence in Support of the Dopamine Hypothesis of Psychosis: Why Neurobiological Research Must Consider Medication Use, Adjust for Important Confounders, Choose Stringent Comparators, and Use Larger Samples . Front Psychiatry . 9 . 174 . 2018 . 29765340 . 5938402 . 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00174 . free .
- Juul S, Siddiqui F, Barbateskovic M, Jørgensen CK, Hengartner MP, Kirsch I, Gluud C, Jakobsen JC . Beneficial and harmful effects of antidepressants versus placebo, 'active placebo', or no intervention for adults with major depressive disorder: a protocol for a systematic review of published and unpublished data with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses . Syst Rev . 10 . 1 . 154 . May 2021 . 34034811 . 8152051 . 10.1186/s13643-021-01705-6 . free .
- Jørgensen CK, Juul S, Siddiqui F, Barbateskovic M, Munkholm K, Hengartner MP, Kirsch I, Gluud C, Jakobsen JC . Tricyclic antidepressants versus 'active placebo', placebo or no intervention for adults with major depressive disorder: a protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis . Syst Rev . 10 . 1 . 227 . August 2021 . 34389045 . 8361619 . 10.1186/s13643-021-01789-0 . free .
