On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:03:56 -0800, Steven Specht wrote: >It's times like these that I am most grateful to be part of this list. >I am not a clinical psychologist and so am not very "up on" the >clinical literature at this level. I am looking for current (or perhaps >not so current) clinical research which pertains especially to >schizophrenia (but other disorders would be helpful too) which >use appropriate control groups when assessing the effectiveness >of various treatments. Specifically, can anyone point me to or >provide particularly salient examples of studies where a therapeutic >method has been employed in conjunction with a group that did >not receive the treatment or received some "placebo" therapy. >Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
It's unclear what you're asking for. Do you want just one example of a good "randomized control trial" (RCT) that is placebo controlled or do you want a systematic review/meta-analysis? A systematic review consists of (a) a quality assessment of a research study (i.e., can one conclude that there is a treatment effect given how the study was conducted) and (b) a meta-analysis of the effect sizes of the studies that passed your criteria for research adequacy. If there are good studies in an area, then the meta-analysis would be informative. However, systematic reviews sometimes stop at the quality assessment stage because the published research is so crappy (i.e., lack appropriate control to conclude that the treatment actually worked). An example of a systematic review for the use of antipsychotics for schizophrenia is provided here: http://www.schres-journal.com/article/S0920-9964%2805%2900318-X/abstract One could select a single research study from those that met the inclusion criteria if one only wants one example. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9164 or send a blank email to leave-9164-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
