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Researching psychiatry in Western Australia
1Centre for Clinical Research In Neuropsychiatry, University of Western Australia School of Psychiatry and Clincal Neurosciences, Mt Claremont, Australia. assen@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Objective:
To provide an overview of the development, approaches and main research projects of the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry (CCRN) in Perth, Western Australia.
Method:
Discursive.
Results:
Underlying concepts, methods and selected findings of recent research into the neurobiology and epidemiology of schizophrenia, autism and other psychotic disorders are presented.
Conclusion:
CCRN, one of Australia's youngest centres of psychiatric research, has invested fruitfully in research areas such as molecular genetics, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, behavioural pharmacology, diagnostic assessment procedures and record linkage epidemiology.