Clinical trials in psychiatry / Brian S. Everitt, Simon Wessely.

Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, [2008], ©2008.

vii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

2nd ed.

Treatments, good, bad or worthless : And how do we tell? -- The randomized clinical trial -- Design issues in clinical trials -- Special problems of trials in psychiatry -- Some statistical issues in the analysis of psychiatric trials -- Analysing data from a psychiatric trial : an example -- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis -- RCTs in psychiatry : threats, challenges and the future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index.