Handbook for Beginning Mental Health Researchers

In fulfilling the need for a beginner's manual in mental health research the authors have written an insightful exposition of the fundamental factors essential to good research. This articulately written manual teaches how to formulate a clear hypothesis select a representative population conduct a valid study and describe results in an intelligible manner. The experienced authors thoroughly explain the need for acquiring a research attitude--an inquiring and critical mind--and then discuss how mental health research is done using anecdotal case reports studies with only a few variables and complex investigations of multiple variables as examples. A wide range of research possiblilities is explored including those that require little or no financial support.