Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , May 2003

Do psychiatrists understand research-related experiences, attitudes, and motivations of schizophrenia study participants?

  • Teddy D Warner

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Teddy D. Warner, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, MSC09 5030, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001USA
    • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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  • Laura Weiss Roberts

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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  • Khanh Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Institute for Ethics, Albuquerque, NM, USA

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☆ Supported by Dr. Roberts’ Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). L.W.R. is also supported in part by Grant No. 1KO2MH01918-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00042-7

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00042-7

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , May 2003

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