Are the effects of rater training sustainable? Results from a multicenter clinical trial [15]

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 534-535

  Kobak, Kenneth A ^a   Lipsitz, Joshua ^a,b   Williams, Janet B W ^b   Engelhardt, Nina ^a   Jeglic, Elizabeth ^a,c   Bellew, Kevin M ^d  

^a MedAvante Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548677966     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31814f4d71     Document Type: Letter

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