Research methods in psychiatric treatment studies. Critique and proposals

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Soldani, Federico ^a   Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a   Baldessarini, Ross ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOSTATISTICS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH;

EID: 21044436975     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00576.x     Document Type: Editorial

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