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Author: Blanchard, Dallas A.
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1. Blanchard, Dallas A.
Readers Should bear in Mind Potential Conflict of Interest: Letter in re: Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in Young Women
British Medical Journal 324,7345 (May 2002): 1097.
Also: http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7345/1097.full
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Keyword(s): Abortion; Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes

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Note: This is a critique of Reardon and Cougle article "Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in Young Women." See NLS Bibliography entry #3866 and #3941.

EDITOR—Reardon and Cougle claim no conflict of interest in their paper. However, the principal author (Reardon) is a professional anti-abortionist and the funding organisation for which he works has as its primary aim propagandising against abortion. Therefore the sampling, the methods, the statistics, and the conclusions should be rigorously evaluated.

Bibliography Citation
Blanchard, Dallas A. "Readers Should bear in Mind Potential Conflict of Interest: Letter in re: Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in Young Women." British Medical Journal 324,7345 (May 2002): 1097.
2. Kahn, Robert S.
Goddik, Steen
Billings, Deborah L.
Blanchard, Dallas A.
Reardon, David C.
Cougle, Jesse R.
Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in Young Women: Comments & Letters
British Medical Journal 324,7345 (May 2002): 1097.
Also: http://www.bmj.com/content/324/7345/1097.full
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Keyword(s): Abortion; Depression (see also CESD); Health, Mental/Psychological; Methods/Methodology; Pregnancy, Adolescent

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Comments on the D. C. Reardon and J. R. Cougle examination of depression and unintended pregnancy in the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Billings discusses two methodological flaws in the analysis that undermine the conclusions stated. It is concluded that more rigorous analysis of the data is needed before any conclusions can be drawn about the link between depression and unintended pregnancy and marital status. (PsycINFO Database Record © 2002 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Citation
Kahn, Robert S., Steen Goddik, Deborah L. Billings, Dallas A. Blanchard, David C. Reardon and Jesse R. Cougle. "Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in Young Women: Comments & Letters." British Medical Journal 324,7345 (May 2002): 1097.