Addiction Research Methods‘ is a comprehensive handbook for
health professionals, policy-makers and researchers working and
training in the field of addiction.
The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide to
research design, methods and analysis within the context of the
field of alcohol and other drugs. The reader is introduced to
fundamental principles and key issues; and is orientated to
available sources of information and key literature.
Written by a team of internationally acclaimed contributors, the
book is divided into six major sections: Introduction; Research
Design; Basic Toolbox; Biological Models; Specialist Methods; and
Analytical Methods. Each chapter offers an introduction to the
background and development of the discipline in question, its key
features and applications, how it compares to other
methods/analyses and its advantages and limitations.
FEATURES
* List of useful websites and assistive technology.
* Case study examples
* List of useful hermeneutics
* Recommended reading list
* Contains exercises to help the reader to develop their
skills.
health professionals, policy-makers and researchers working and
training in the field of addiction.
The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide to
research design, methods and analysis within the context of the
field of alcohol and other drugs. The reader is introduced to
fundamental principles and key issues; and is orientated to
available sources of information and key literature.
Written by a team of internationally acclaimed contributors, the
book is divided into six major sections: Introduction; Research
Design; Basic Toolbox; Biological Models; Specialist Methods; and
Analytical Methods. Each chapter offers an introduction to the
background and development of the discipline in question, its key
features and applications, how it compares to other
methods/analyses and its advantages and limitations.
FEATURES
* List of useful websites and assistive technology.
* Case study examples
* List of useful hermeneutics
* Recommended reading list
* Contains exercises to help the reader to develop their
skills.
€74.99
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.Griffith Edwards Section I Introduction.
Chapter 1 How To Ask a Good Question and Then Give a Good Answer: The Art and Science of Good Research.
Section II Research designs.
Chapter 2 Choosing the best study design.
Chapter 3 Reliability, validity and qualitative rigour.
Chapter 4 Ethical considerations in Drugs research.
Chapter 5 Experimental Designs.
Chapter 6 Non-Experimental Designs.
Section III Basic toolbox.
Chapter 7 Sampling strategies.
Chapter 8 Questionnaire design.
Chapter 9 Interviewing techniques.
Chapter 10 Qualitative methods.
Chapter 11 Conducting clinical research.
Section IV Biological methods.
Chapter 12 Psychopharmacology and Neurotransmitter research.
Chapter 13 Imaging.
Chapter 14 Genetic methods.
Chapter 15 Animal models.
Section V Specialist methods.
Chapter 16 Treatment outcome research.
Chapter 17 Needs Assessment.
Chapter 18 Epidemiology and/or Secondary data and official statistics.
Chapter 19 Meta-analysis and/or Cochrane reviews.
Chapter 20 Drug Trend monitoring.
Chapter 21 Drug Policy Research.
Section VI Analytical methods .
Chapter 22 Quantitative analysis.
Chapter 23 Qualitative analysis.
Chapter 24 Publishing and Other issues.
The final word
Über den Autor
Peter G Miller is NHMRC Howard Florey Fellow in the Schoolof Psychology at Deakin University, Australia. He is Commissioning
Editor for the journal, Addiction.
John Strang is Professor of the Addictions and Director
of the National Addiction Centre, University of London. He is also
Clinical Director of the addictions treatment services at the South
London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Peter M Miller is Professor of the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of
South Carolina. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Addictive
Behaviors.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 400 ● ISBN 9781444318869 ● Dateigröße 3.5 MB ● Herausgeber Peter G. Miller & John Strang ● Verlag John Wiley & Sons ● Erscheinungsjahr 2010 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 2388986 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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