Schizophrenia—A Follow-up Study of Results of Treatment: I. Design and Other Problems

Autor: May, Philip R. A., Tuma, A. Hussain, Dixon, Wilfrid J.
Zdroj: Archives of General Psychiatry; April 1976, Vol. 33 Issue: 4 p474-478, 5p
Abstrakt: • This is the first of a series of articles on a follow-up study of the results of treatment of schizophrenia, studied over a period of two to five years after first admission and first release. The study compares the follow-up outcome of five different treatment methods given to first-admission male and female schizophrenic patients in the hospital.The design of the study is used as a basis for description and discussion of the practical, ethical, and statistical problems involved. A distinction is made between follow-up and continued treatment design, and it is concluded that both pose massive problems in execution, analysis, presentation, and interpretation.
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