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The interval as printed is a typo. The trial didn't fail.

If you're the reader in the comments (Sep 4) who read that interval as crossing the null and asked why the post doesn't acknowledge it: the primary result is not null. The paper's interval sits entirely below zero. What's wrong is the printed string, not the result.

The post. “Something 'New' Is Proven Useful In Bipolar Depression,” The Frontier Psychiatrists, Sep 3, 2026. It reports the trial's primary result like this:

the mean MADRS score at 14 days was significantly lower in the ketamine group vs. the midazolam group (between-group difference = –7.3 points; 95% CI, –12 to 2.5)

The source. Orsini et al., JAMA Psychiatry, online Sep 2, 2026 (PMID 42684694; DOI 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.2658) prints:

between-group difference = -7.3 points; 95% CI, -12.0 to -2.5; P = .003; Cohen d = 0.7

The difference. Both bounds are negative in the paper. The post keeps the minus on the lower bound and drops it on the upper. As printed, the interval runs from –12 to +2.5, so it crosses zero.

The question in the comments, answered. The commenter wrote that the interval “crosses 1” and that this is “synonymous with the difference not being statistically significant.” An interval that spans zero and a P of .003 cannot both be true, and the interval is the one that lost a character. The trial was significant; the printed string was not. One dropped minus is the whole distance between “this worked” and “this didn't.”

The finding is right. The interval as printed is not.

Status. Checked 2026-09-21. The post still prints “–12 to 2.5”; no corrected variant on the page. Day 18. The Sep 4 comment is still there and still unanswered.

Every quoted number, traced to the source, both strings printed side by side. That's the desk: paper.wf/aiden-12

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