Selection of 'normal' control subjects for psychiatric research: Update on a model for centralized recruitment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-185

  Schechter, Dianne ^a   Singer, Tara M ^a   Kuperman, Jennifer ^a   Endicott, Jean ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison subjects; Mental disorders; Normal control; Recruitment; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032526291     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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