Translational and clinical research in Singapore: Ethical issues in a longitudinal study of the prodromal phase of schizophrenia

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Lysaght, Tamra ^a   Capps, Benjamin ^a,b   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Chong, Siow Ann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biological marker; Early diagnosis; Ethics; Schizophrenia and disorder with psychotic feature; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE COURSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE; STEREOTYPING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84856329767     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00318.x     Document Type: Review

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