A Clinician's Guide to Statistics in Mental Health

A Clinician's Guide to Statistics in Mental Health by S Nassir Ghaemi

The second edition of a clear and accessible guide to the application of statistics in psychiatric practice. The book expertly describes statistical concepts in clear and simple terms, with minimal mathematical content, making it the ideal resource for busy mental health professionals. Fully revised throughout, it features five new chapters covering key advances in the field and important topics in greater detail. Amongst the key concepts discussed in this edition are the logic of randomization, clinical trials, the overuse of p-values, understanding effect sizes, meta-analysis and why clinical experience is limited by observational confounding bias. Featuring a wealth of clinical examples, on topics of high importance or controversy in psychiatry, plus explanations and reasoning, to give clinicians a better understanding of how to apply research to their practice.

S. Nassir Ghaemi is a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center and is also a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an associate editor of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, a Life Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and an Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK).

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ISBN 13	9781108814966
ISBN 10	1108814964
Title	A Clinician's Guide to Statistics in Mental Health
Author	S Nassir Ghaemi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2023-02-09
Number of pages	174
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