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Many more reasons behind difficulties in recruiting patients to randomized controlled trials in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2013

C.E. Adams*
Affiliation:
Chair of Mental Health Services Research, Co-ordinating Editor Cochrane Schizophrenia Group, University of Nottingham, UK
*
Address for correspondence: C.E. Adams, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2TU, UK. (Email: clive.adams@nottingham.ac.uk)

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