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Qualitative vs. Quantitative Methods in Psychiatric Research: Updated

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Psychiatric Disorders

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2011))

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Since the incipiency of psychiatry as a medical specialty, the “holy grail” has been neuroscience-based diagnostic system and treatment strategies, but this lofty, yet necessary, goal has eluded the greatest minds for centuries. Now, with advances in molecular genetics and resting-state neuroimaging, neuroscience-based diagnosis and treatment are now more possible than ever. However, clinical symptomatology, longitudinal course, and delimitation of illnesses (i.e., phenotypic classification) remain indispensable for responsible, reproducible, and meaningful use of these new methodologies.

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    Chapter 2 was published with incorrect family name of the chapter author as Kobiessy.

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  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Firas H. Kobeissy

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

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Srivastava, A.B., Kobeissy, F.H., Gold, M.S. (2019). Qualitative vs. Quantitative Methods in Psychiatric Research: Updated. In: Kobeissy, F. (eds) Psychiatric Disorders. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2011. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9554-7_2

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