1. The relevance of qualitative research for clinical programs in psychiatry.
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Goering, Paula, Boydell, Katherine M., and Pignatiello, Antonio
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QUALITATIVE research , *PSYCHIATRY , *MENTAL health , *HEALTH policy , *PATHOLOGICAL psychology , *MENTAL illness , *MEDICAL research , *DECISION making , *MEDICAL care , *COMPARATIVE studies , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *RESEARCH , *EVALUATION research , *HUMAN services programs , *MENTAL health services administration - Abstract
It is time to move beyond education about qualitative research theory and methods to using them to understand and improve psychiatric practice. There is a good fit between this agenda and current thinking about research use that broadens definitions of evidence beyond the results of experiments. This paper describes a qualitative program evaluation to illustrate what kind of useful knowledge is generated and how it can be created through a clinician-researcher partnership. The linkage and exchange model of effective knowledge translation described involves interaction between clinicians and researchers throughout the research process and results in mutual learning through the planning, disseminating, and application of existing or new qualitative research in decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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