Developing a reporting guideline for social and psychological intervention trials

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 250-254

  Mayo Wilson, Evan ^a   Montgomery, Paul ^b   Hopewell, Sally ^c   Macdonald, Geraldine ^d   Moher, David ^e   Grant, Sean ^b  

^a Research Department of Clinical Physiology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL ASPECT;

CHECKLIST; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84883560337     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123745     Document Type: Article

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