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[–] Kannibal [S] ago  (edited ago)

looks like the paper is not behind a paywall

I am sure they will appreciate your expert feedback

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/13/10/1081/5114640


Participants

Study procedures were approved by the University of Michigan (UM) and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Institutional Review Boards. Participants were recruited via flyers and online postings. All participants provided written informed consent. Participants first completed a battery of cognitive, self-report and diagnostic measures and then an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Participants were eligible for the study if they met criteria for one of two groups: (i) individuals with remitted MDD (rMDDs) and (ii) healthy control individuals (HCs). Eligibility was determined using the diagnostic interview for genetic studies (DIGS; Nurnberger et al., 1994), which was conducted with the participant, and family interview for genetic studies (FIGS; Nurnberger et al., 1994), which was conducted with a parent, guardian or close sibling. Each of these measures have demonstrated good reliability and validity (Maxwell, 1992; Bucholz et al., 1994). rMDDs met criteria for one or more past major depressive episodes and scored below 10 on the Hamilton depression rating scale (HDRS; Hamilton et al., 1960) at the time of the diagnostic interview. Individuals who met criteria for substance abuse or dependence within the past six months were excluded. HCs did not meet current or past criteria for any Axis I or II psychiatric disorder. All participants were free from psychotropic medications for at least 30 days prior to the scan. The initial sample was 106 participants. Participants were excluded from all analyses for having an unclear diagnosis (R/O psychosis and substance abuse; n = 1), conversion from healthy to mood disorder during the study (n = 4) and incomplete questionnaires (n = 8). The final sample consisted of 53 rMDDs (18 UM, 35 UIC) and 40 HCs (15 UM, 25 UIC). Participants were between 18 and 23 years of age and were 69.9% female (see Table 1 for demographic and clinical characteristics). Additional participants were excluded from imaging analyses for movement (n = 4) and missing the scanning session (n = 4). Criteria for participant exclusion from analyses for movement were the following: motion of 1.5 mm or more in any direction over three consecutive TRs, any TR to TR movement exceeding 0.5 mm, greater than 2 mm movement over an entire 8 min scan or evidence of outlier status as a movement deviation value across the entire time series in relation to the rest of the sample (Power et al., 2012; Jo et al., 2013).

hey look the african americans in the study were 2.5% of the sample

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[–] SporadicSpasms ago 

Now let's see them replicate it.

Whoops! Didn't see that one coming did you?

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[–] Kannibal [S] ago 

I have often posted on the replication crisis.

Since it correlates with other data, I look forward to replication.

should be easier, since this study measure changes in brain structure via MRI.

since the study is there not behind a paywall, how about you go for it yourself. are you qualified?