Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Symptom provocation is used to study a wide variety of medical disorders. In contrast to other areas of medicine, the application of these procedures to the study of mental disease has generated significant scientific, political, and public debate. Purported differences include an overabundance of these procedures in psychiatry and a lack of diagnostic and therapeutic utility. Accurate appraisal of these research designs is needed to address scientific merit and ethical concerns. This article provides a general review of challenge studies in several areas of medical research, compares purposes and methods to those used in psychiatry, and ascertains whether fundamental differences exist. METHODS:In total, 655 challenge studies were identified using MEDLINE and PsychInfo Boolean key word searches. Information was collected from each study including the year of publication, whether subjects were healthy or patient volunteers, the disease being studied, and the study purpose (e.g., to study pathophysiology, test treatment efficacy, or diagnosis of a disorder). RESULTS:Differences in study design, purpose, and frequency of studies across time were similar for medical and psychiatric diseases. CONCLUSIONS:Given extensive similarity in purpose and procedures, why are psychiatric challenge studies being subjected to public criticism and special review and approval procedures? Several relevant issues are addressed including risk, scientific merit, and clinical application.
journal_name
Biol Psychiatryjournal_title
Biological psychiatryauthors
Avila MT,Conley RR,Carpenter WTdoi
10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01221-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-10-01 00:00:00pages
479-86issue
7eissn
0006-3223issn
1873-2402pii
S0006322301012215journal_volume
50pub_type
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.02.006
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01323-3
更新日期:2002-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.014
更新日期:2010-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(03)00073-8
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01367-1
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.016
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.02.019
更新日期:2019-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.02.033
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.02.026
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.03.018
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(00)00241-9
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.10.006
更新日期:2004-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.12.005
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.05.006
更新日期:2004-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Quantitative genetic analysis of basic mouse behaviors is a powerful tool to identify novel genetic phenotypes contributing to neurobehavioral disorders. Here, we analyzed genetic contributions to single-trial, long-term social and nonsocial recognition and subsequently studied the functional impact of an id...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.017
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.023
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0006-3223(93)90321-4
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies have strengthened the claim that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an effective treatment for major depression. The longitudinal outcome of TMS-treated patients, however, has not been described. We report on the 3- and 6-month outcomes of a group of patients treated with e...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01274-4
更新日期:2002-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.02.012
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00109-2
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.10.004
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(01)01218-5
更新日期:2001-12-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00290-5
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A meeting on the molecular and neurobiological basis of schizophrenia was held April 11-14, 1999 at the Banbury Center of The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. This report is a summary of the predominant views of the participants, as perceived by the organizers. The purpose of this meeting w...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/s0006-3223(00)00904-5
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We examined the effect of prolonged methylphenidate (MPH) treatment on the functional neuroanatomy of executive functioning in adult men with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS:Positron emission tomography with [(15)O] water measured alterations of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) d...
journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.07.011
更新日期:2004-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.11.010
更新日期:2015-07-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.027
更新日期:2009-11-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biological psychiatry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.09.012
更新日期:2005-11-15 00:00:00