Research in psychiatry and related fields : principles of problem selection, methods, results, reading the literature, and grant writing

This book is a How To, detailing the principles of psychiatric research and discussing problems leading to apparent conflicts in the media and the medical literature. It covers many of the difficulties and consequences inherent in population selection and diagnosis, critically details current method [...]
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This book is a How To, detailing the principles of psychiatric research and discussing problems leading to apparent conflicts in the media and the medical literature. It covers many of the difficulties and consequences inherent in population selection and diagnosis, critically details current methodologies and comments on the care and handling of behavioral data. An appendix gives suggestions on how to read and write papers, how to apply for grants and how to interpret editorial feedback.

?Every psychiatrist interested in how knowledge is acquired and documented will benefit by reading the book? Bo Runesson, Professor of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm ?The book is well written, interesting and inspired with enthusiasm. It is of value also outside of psychiatry, and even for lay persons interested in the research process and of the ethical aspects of psychiatric research.? Hans Åberg, Professor General Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm