Innanity discussing depression

There was an interesting discussion on the radio the other day about the recent Public Library of Science article on Antidepressants PLoS Medicine - Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration

The discussion became a little strange at one point. The person speaking (a psychiatrist whose name escapes me) said that the study wasn't published in a high impact journal and that a lot of libraries (university and research libraries I presume) didn't carry it.  It was a strange statement as Public Library of Science is just that - a Public Library. Their first two principles are

1. Open access. All material published by the Public Library of Science, whether submitted to or created by PLoS, is published under an open access license that allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
2. Excellence. PLoS strives to set the highest standards for excellence in everything we do: in content, style, and aesthetics of presentation; in editorial performance at every level; in transparency and accessibility to the scientific community and public; and in educational value.

So all the psychiatrist needs is a machine with Internet connectivity (and seriously does any serious researcher look for articles in paper any more). As to the issue of impact. I think with studies like this one the PLoS Medicine will be failry high impact fairly quickly.