Bias in psychopathology research

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 625-630

  Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bias; Conflict of interest; Methodology; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHOBIA; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

AFFECT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33749481558     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000245745.68255.db     Document Type: Review

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