Research Designs and Methods in Psychiatry

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Reports on the methods for research design and data analysis developed over the last decade by the members of a team from the Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Consolidated Department of Psychiatry of the Harvard Medical School, including many techniques that have now become widely used in treatment research in psychiatry. Intended to be of benefit both to clinical researchers and to clinicians wanting to apply recent findings to explore areas of psychopathology and treatment, covers general issues, epidemiology, clinical studies, and psychopharmacology. In addition to technical topics, also discusses practical aspects such as writing protocols and obtaining funding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)