Adapting psychiatric research in the age of COVID-19: role of online studies

Andrew M Novick; Joel Stoddard; Rachel L Johnson; Mary D Sammel; Lily Berkowitz; C Neill Epperson

doi:10.1192/bjo.2021.1015

Adapting psychiatric research in the age of COVID-19: role of online studies

BJPsych Open. 2021 Sep 24;7(5):e177. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2021.1015. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Andrew M Novick¹, Joel Stoddard¹, Rachel L Johnson², Mary D Sammel³, Lily Berkowitz¹, C Neill Epperson⁴

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¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA; and Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA; and Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, USA.

Abstract

Virtual platforms can provide a socially distanced mechanism by which to promote ongoing research progress in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era and may change our approach to online research in the future. Understanding how to best utilise online research represents an important task for our field.

Keywords: COVID-19; online research.

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