Results

Conducting Clinical Drug Trials with Children
Celia B. Fisher
A team of psychologists and psychiatrists at a medical school received IRB approval to assess the behavioral, cognitive, and physical side effects of a medication recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an alternative to methylphenidate (Ritalin) in hyperactive children. Fisher presents this as an example of best practice.

Differing Perceptions of Risks and Benefits
Emily E. Anderson
A researcher conducts a non-therapeutic study with young adults with Tourette’s Syndrome and their families. The participants’ perceptions of risks and benefits differ from those of the researcher.

A Sign from the Heavens
Angela Dunn and James M. DuBois
Roger, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia 20 years ago, wants to enroll in an experimental drug study based on the recommendation of his psychic.

Students as Research Subjects
William Timberlake
A researcher recruits students to participate in study to test an experimental treatment for depression. Several students who are randomly assigned to the control group voice complaints about their lack of treatment.

Music Therapy
Brian Schrag
A participant in a low-risk, non-therapeutic study on the genetics and pathophysiology of schizophrenia appears confused. The graduate research assistant collecting data from her is unsure if she is competent to consent to research participation.