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This multiauthored textbook is directed to the psychiatric resident and other professionals who are interested in the issues, strategies, and methods of psychiatric research. Although the field of psychiatry has not attained the scientific rigor and clinical sophistication of some of its sister disciplines in the medical arena, considerable progress has been made in the last decade or two, and a full understanding of the types of articles that now appear in such publications as the American Journal of Psychiatry, the Archives of General Psychi­ atry, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry requires a fair amount of knowledge about research design and strategy. Whereas articles in psychiatric journals 20 years ago dealt mainly with psycho­ dynamic topics and utilized nonexperimental observations, today their counter­ parts are concerned mostly with psychobiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment, and employ scientific experimental designs. The trend of applying scientific methodology to research in psychiatry is increasing and undoubtedly will continue to do so in the future.

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Author:   L.K. George Hsu ,  Michel Hersen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.765kg
ISBN:  

9781489906908

ISBN 10:   1489906908
Pages:   482
Publication Date:   21 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: General Issues.- 1: Research in Psychiatry as a Career.- 2: Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Research.- II: Research Design Strategies.- 3: Single-Case Designs.- 4: Group Comparison Approaches in Psychiatric Research.- 5: Correlational Approach.- 6: Basic Statistical Principles.- III: Assessment Issues.- 7: Structured and Semistructured Inventories.- 8: Physiological and Behavioral Assessment.- 9: Biological Markers.- IV: Research Topics.- 10: Diagnostic Issues.- 11: Epidemiology.- 12: Psychopharmacology.- 13: Psychotherapy Research: Issues to Consider in Planning a Study.- 14: Genetics of Alcoholism.- 15: Behavioral Medicine.- V: Special Populations.- 16: Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.- 17: Issues in Geriatric Research.- 18: The Chronically Mentally Ill.- VI: Epilogue.- 19: The Future of Psychiatric Research: The Need for a Conceptual Agenda.

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