Open AccessA Review of Spin and Bias Use in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Literature
Author(s) -
Andrew Amos
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.13r01586
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychosis , psychiatry , publication bias , psychology , medicine , clinical endpoint , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , meta analysis
The early intervention in psychosis literature has recently appropriated clinical terms with etiologic implications such as staging and pluripotent from the oncology literature without adopting the methodological rigor of oncology research. Oncology research maintains this rigor, among other methods, by examining the literature for evidence of bias and spin, which obscures negative trials. This study was designed to detect possible use of reporting bias and spin in the early intervention in psychosis literature.