James E. Mitchell, M.D., is President and Scientific Director of the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Fargo, North Dakota. Ross D. Crosby, Ph.D., is Director of Methodology and Statistics of the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Fargo, North Dakota. Stephen A. Wonderlich, Ph.D., is Director of Clinical Research at the Neuropsychiatric Research Institute and Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Fargo, North Dakota. David E. Adson, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Chair of a Medical Panel of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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This volume covers everything from starting a career to measurement and assessment methods, and from statistics to the use of human subjects, as well as related ethics and misconduct issues. Also included is research support--provides a roadmap for those seeking research support in the U.S., detailing how to write grants from the ground up.

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Introduction. Careers in clinical mental health research. Research design. Measurement. Assessment. Descriptive statistics. Inferential statistics. Research support. Use of human subjects in research: the institutional review board. Ethics and misconduct. Writing journal articles. Reviewing manuscripts. Scientific presentations. Appendixes. References. Index.