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Methodology in consultation-liaison research: a classification of biases
J L Levenson1, C Colenda, D B Larson
1Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, Richmond.
Psychosomatics
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Methodology is receiving overdue attention in psychiatric research. This article focuses on biases encountered in studies in consultation-liaison psychiatry. A classification of biases derived from epidemiology is presented, and the expected impact of each bias is discussed. Methods to minimize bias in the design and implementation of consultation-liaison research are suggested.