Journal retracts depression treatment study with findings called ‘too good to be true’ (opens in new tab)

In the fall of 2024, Matt Williams was grading papers at Massey University in New Zealand when he noticed something off in a study one of his students had cited. The study, published in 2016, reported overwhelming evidence suggesting that eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, or EMDR, is an effective treatment for depression. But the … Continue reading Journal retracts depression treatment study with findings called ‘too good to be true’