There are many potential pitfalls in the identification and enlistment of suitable candidates
for psychiatric research. The challenges of recruitment are highlighted, detailing impact of …

Context Research has transformed many areas of medicine, with profound effects on
morbidity and mortality. Exciting advances in neuroscience and genomics have transformed …

This article explores the vulnerability of research subjects either to undue influence or to
coercion. The authors present a brief review of the requirement for voluntariness in research …

Context It has been suggested that the need for concurrent placebo control groups in new
schizophrenia studies might be minimized by making comparisons with external placebo …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Meta-analyses of randomized trials may incorporate new
evidence, and estimated treatment effects change over time. We evaluated whether the …

Rationale: It has been assumed that new atypical drugs improve treatment compliance due
to fewer adverse effects. Data supporting this assumption are scarce. Objectives: The aim of …

At last–a new edition of the highly acclaimed book Clinical Trials in Psychiatry This book
provides a concise but thorough overview of clinical trials in psychiatry, invaluable to those …

Systematic sampling is an ideal sampling technique when sampling frame is not available.
Dealing with patient's recruitment make convenience sampling is a choice for most of …

Background Antipsychotic medication use rates have generally been rising among youth
with psychiatric disorders, but little is known about use rates of antipsychotics or other …

In the last two decades the validity of clinical trials in psychiatry has been subjected to
discussion. The most accepted clinical study method in the medical area, ie the randomized …