title: The next generation of research: views of a sibling-psychiatrist-researcher.
abstract: A sibling of a person with severe mental illness who is also a psychiatrist and a researcher responds to the next generation of research proposed in the articles in this special section. Four issues are emphasized: benefit vs. burden; association, causation, and statistical modeling; strengths and limitations of study samples; and interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012106:Research; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012801:Sibling Relations