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Mental Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents

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This chapter identifies some of the challenges faced by clinicians who are seeking to develop their work into useful research. The opportunities for doing so are outlined, together with some difficulties to expect in the early stages and some ways of overcoming them. Consultation with the existing literature, supervisors, ethical committees, and service users is emphasized. Examples are provided for clinical records search, reviewing software, development of measures, and evaluations of practice.

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  1. Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK

    Eric Taylor

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  1. King’s College London, London, UK

    Eric Taylor

  2. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    F. C. Verhulst

  3. National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    John Wong

  4. Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

    Keiko Yoshida

  5. King's College London, London, UK

    Anula Nikapota

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  1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University & Iris Psychiatric Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan

    Keiko Yoshida

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Taylor, E. (2020). Beginning Research. In: Taylor, E., Verhulst, F., Wong, J., Yoshida, K., Nikapota, A. (eds) Mental Health and Illness of Children and Adolescents. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0753-8_56-1

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