Publication bias and the integrity of psychiatry research

Gilbody, Simon M. and Song, Fujian (2000) Publication bias and the integrity of psychiatry research. Psychological Medicine, 30 (2). pp. 253-258. ISSN 0033-2917

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Abstract

The cornerstone of evidence-based medicine is the belief that good quality research should form the basis of clinical practice and decision-making (Muir Gray, 1997). Psychiatry has kept abreast of this movement (Geddes et al. 1997) and claims have been made that randomized-controlled trials (the highest quality primary evaluative research) can be used to justify 65% of routine clinical decisions (Geddes et al. 1996). However, it is largely published research that forms the ‘knowledge base’ of the evidence movement. A fundamental difficulty arises when published research results are a biased sample of all research results – published and unpublished. Publication bias presents one such threat and has been much discussed in wider healthcare (Easterbrook et al. 1991; Dickersin & Min, 1993; Dickersin, 1997), but has been little discussed or researched in psychiatry, despite the fact that psychiatry is likely to be at least as prone to publication bias as other specialities.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2016 00:02
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 12:25
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61583
DOI:	10.1017/S0033291700001732

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