Methodological pitfalls in early detection studies - The NAPE Lecture 2002

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Friis, Svein ^a   Larsen, T K ^b,d   Melle, I ^a   Opjordsmoen, S ^a   Johannessen, J O ^b   Haahr, U ^c   Simonsen, E ^c   Rund, B R ^d   Vaglum, P ^d   McGlashan, T ^e  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors; Early intervention; Psychotic disorders; Reproducibility of results; Research design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12244305526     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02600.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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