SUBJECT
Research Methods in Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology: Research Methods of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
DPSY16-DCC-101:3
practice
Doctoral
7
Semester 1-4
Autumn/Spring semester
During this semester students get to know the main methodological questions of clinical research, such as first rank and second rank aims of a study, parameters of study groups, inclusion and exclusion criteria, measures and the different types of studies (case control, randomised, double blind...).
After getting theoretical knowledge, students examine major studies in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry carefully and critically: the methodology, the results, the discussion and the limitations and the impact of that study on the future research.
The course discusses the ethical aspects of research in child and adolescent psychiatry. The students get to know several important instruments, which are used in studies in the field of child psychiatry.
By the end of the semester all students have to plan a study on child and adolescent psychiatry: they should have a good research question and a fitting methodology.
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