Mediators and moderators in early intervention research

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Breitborde, Nicholas J K ^a   Srihari, Vinod H ^b   Pollard, Jessica M ^c   Addington, Donald N ^d   Woods, Scott W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Acadia Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Mediators; Methodology; Moderators; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953222609     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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