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|+ Evidence table of selected complementary and alternative medicine therapies
! Disorder !! Intervention !! Study (year)!! Study design !! Conclusion
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| [[Major depression]] || [[Hypericum]] (St John's wort)|| [[Cochrane Collaboration]]<ref name="pmid18843608">{{cite journal| author=Linde K, Berner MM, Kriston L| title=St John's wort for major depression. | journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev | year= 2008 | volume=  | issue= 4 | pages= CD000448 | pmid=18843608 | doi=10.1002/14651858.CD000448.pub3 | pmc= | url= }}  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19633246 Review in: Evid Based Ment Health. 2009 Aug;12(3):78] </ref> <br/>(2008)  || [[Systematic review]] || "The available evidence suggests that the hypericum extracts tested in the included trials a) are superior to placebo in patients with major depression; b) are similarly effective as standard antidepressants; c) and have fewer side effects than standard antidepressants. The association of country of origin and precision with effects sizes complicates the interpretation."
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