Research Articles

• Sources of Unreliability in Depression Ratings.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 29:1, 82-85, 2009, Kobak, K.A., Brown, B., Sharp, I., Levy-Mack, H., Wells, K., Ockun, F., Williams, J.B.W.	PDF

• Use of Remote Centralized Raters Via Live 2-Way Video in a Multicenter Clinical Trial for Schizophrenia.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 28:6, 691-693, 2008, Shen, J., Kobak, K.A., Zhao, Y., Alexander, M., Kane, J.	PDF

• Face-to-face vs. Remote Administration of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale using Videoconference and Telephone

  Depression and Anxiety 25, 913-919, 2007, Kobak, K.A., Williams, J.B.W., Jeglic, E., Salvucci, D., Sharp, I.

• Development and Reliability of a Structured Interview Guide for the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale.

  The British Journal of Psychiatry  192, 52-58, 2008, Williams, J.B.W., and Kobak, K.A.	PDF

• Are Effects of Rater Training Sustainable? Results from a Multi-Center Clinical Trial.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 27:5, 534-535, 2007, Kobak, K.A.  Lipsitz, J., Williams, J.B.W., Engelhardt, N., Jeglic, E., Bellew, K.	PDF

• Why do clinical trials fail? The problem of measurement error in clinical trials: Time to test new paradigms?

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2007, 27:1, 1-5, 2007, Kobak, K.A., Kane, J., Thase, M., Nierenberg, A.	PDF

• Enriched rater training using Internet based technologies: A comparison to traditional rater training in a multi-site depression trial.

  Journal of Psychiatric Research 2007, 27:1, 1-5, 2007, Kobak, K.A., Kane, J., Thase, M., Nierenberg, A.

• Rating the Raters: Assessing the Quality of Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression Clinical Interviews in Two Industry-sponsored Clinical Drug Trials.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2007, 27:1, 1-5, 2007, Kobak, K.A., Kane, J., Thase, M., Nierenberg, A.	PDF

• Letter to the Editor: Why the Hamilton Rating Scale Endures.

  American Journal of Psychiatry 2005, 162, 2396. Bech, P. MD PhD, Engelhardt N.,  Evans K.R., Gibertini M., Kalali A.H., Kobak K.A., Lipsitz J.D., Williams J.B.W., Pearson J.D., Rothman M.	PDF

• Impact of Interview Quality on Signal Detection in Clinical Trials.

  American Journal of Psychiatry 162, 628, 2007, Kobak, K.A., Feiger, F., Lipsitz, J.	PDF

• New Approach to Rater Training and Certification in a Multicenter Clinical Trial.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 25, 407-412, 2007, Kobak, K.A. Lipsitz, L., Williams, J.B.W., Engelhardt, N., Bellew, K.	PDF

• Primary care patients in psychiatric clinical trials: a pilot study using videoconferencing.

  Annals of General Psychiatry 6:24, 2007, Williams, J.B.W., Ellis, A., Middleton, A., Kobak, K.A.	PDF

• Rater Training in Multicenter Clinical Trials: Issues and Recommendations.

  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 24, 113-117, 2004, Kobak, K.A. Engelhardt, N.  Williams, J.B.W.	PDF

• The Rater Applied Performance Scale: Development and reliability.

  Psychiatry Research   127, 147-155, 2004, Lipsitz, J., Kobak, K.A., Feiger, A., Sikich, D., Moroz, G., Engelhardt, N.	PDF

• A comparison of face-to-face and remote administration of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale via videoconferencing.

  Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare  10, 231-235, 2004, Kobak, K.A.	PDF

• Development of a standardized training program for the Hamilton Depression Scale using internet-based technologies: Results from a pilot study.

  Journal of Psychiatric Research 37, 509-515, 2003, Kobak, K.A., Lipsitz, J., Feiger, A.	PDF