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Why are patients prescribed psychotropic drugs by general practitioners? Results of an international study.
No full textThe Use of Administrative Data in Research: Examples from Australia And New Zealand
No full textBackground: The Australian Government has provided $20 million to establish the Population Health Research Network (PHRN), with representation from all states and territories to facilitate population health research through data linkage. The Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) is the New Zealand equivalent but is more comprehensive with de-identified microdata from a range of government agencies, Stats NZ and non-government organizations. More limited information may also be available through individual health services or boards.
Objectives: To review the potential for using administrative databases in research. Researchers can define cohorts for study within the administrative data or link them to their own data. Robust protocols preserve confidentiality so that researchers only receive anonymized data.
Methods: Individual presentation and facilitated group discussion including the steps involved in gaining the appropriate approvals for access.
Findings: Available data include hospital morbidity, mental health data and mortality. In New Zealand, this is supplemented by criminal justice, education, social services, migration and tax data.
Conclusions: Administrative data provide researchers with accessible, cost-effective information without the intrusion and cost of additional data collection. These techniques are especially useful in studying regional, rural and remote populations where access may be difficult.No Full Tex
Addressing the Psychological Needs of Workers in Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Must Not Be an Afterthought
No full textThe current COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and poses major psychological issues for frontline staff. This includes not only clinicians but others in roles such as portering, cleaning, catering, and patient transport. Although previous outbreaks of novel viruses may provide guidance on possible interventions, these incidents occurred in relatively circumscribed geographical areas, such as the Middle East, South Korea, Hong Kong, or Toronto, and did not extend globally.1 It is therefore important to confirm that lessons from these outbreaks still apply to the current pandemic in terms of strategies that may be useful in assisting frontline staff. The article by Bernstein and colleagues in this issue of the Journal is therefore a welcome addition to the literature.2No Full Tex
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The language that we use: comments on “Pathogenic language in psychiatric practice and how to combat it”
No full textPsychiatrists have a professional duty to contribute to efforts to limit the stigma associated with mental illness and its treatment.1 In their recent article, Bloch and Haslam2 elegantly emphasise the importance of language in psychiatry to the experiences of people affected by mental illness. They argue that certain terminology can or may cause harm. Such language has the following characteristics: (i) dehumanisation by representing people as objects, (ii) denigration by construing people as blameworthy, (iii) intimation by provoking unnecessary anxiety and (iv) demoralisation by undermining sense of hope. In considering their criteria, we wonder whether terminology associated with involuntary mental health treatment of people involved in the criminal justice system may have such pathogenic effects.No Full Tex
The prescribing of psychotropic drugs by primary care physicians: an international collaborative study.
No full textPredatory journals and dubious publishers: how to avoid being their prey
No full textSUMMARY Open access publishing has a dark side, the predatory publishers and journals that exist for revenue rather than scholarly activity. This article helps researchers to: (1) identify some of the commonly used tactics and characteristics of predatory publishing; and (2) avoid falling prey to them. In summary, authors should choose the journal for submission themselves and never respond to unsolicited emails. It is also important to check blacklists such as 'Stop Predatory Journals' and whitelists such the Directory of Open Access Journals. LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this article, readers should be able to do the following: • be aware of the dangers of predatory journals and publishers• use blacklists of predatory journals and publishers' whitelists of legitimate open access journals• be aware of warning signs that might suggest a predatory journal or publisher.DECLARATION OF INTEREST S.K. is on the editorial board of BJPsych International. He also receives five to ten spam emails a day from predatory journals and publishers
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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