Development of a quality assessment instrument for trials of treatments for depression and neurosis

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 126-133

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a,c   Churchill, Rachel ^a   Colin Drummond, D ^a   McGuire, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trials; Depression; Meta analysis; Neurotic disorders; Quality

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSIS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034750007     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.108     Document Type: Article

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