The case for, and against, evidence-based psychiatry: Editorial

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-251

  Ghaemi, S N ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 61849171749     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01355.x     Document Type: Review

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