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The Case for Establishing a Register of Randomised Controlled Trials of Mental Health Care

A widely accessible register will minimise bias for those reviewing care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Clive Adams  and
Michael Gelder
Clive Adams*
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, The Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX
Michael Gelder
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, The Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX
*
∗Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 4 , April 1994 , pp. 433 - 436
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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