title: The use of videotaped assessment in relation to a study of enhanced management in treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
abstract: Videotaped assessments of standardized interviews were used to ensure blindness in relation to a clinical trial of multifaceted programmes of management in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. The technique, although laborious, was feasible in all patients studied and offered advantages in relation not only to blindness but also to assessing the nature of psychopathological changes in patients with schizophrenic deficit syndrome of severe degree. The method is likely to be useful in further studies assessing the possible advantages of newer antipsychotic drugs.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mercer
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Johnstone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014743:Videotape Recording
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents