Evaluating rater competency for CNS clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-310

  Targum, Steven D ^a,b,c  

^a PharmaStar   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c C/o Oxford BioScience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIENCE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; STAFF TRAINING; VIDEOTAPE; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; EDUCATION; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744468787     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000219049.33008.b7     Document Type: Article

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