Conducting randomised controlled trials: finding better ways to explain research to people with anti-social personality disorder who have low literacy levels.

Background: The involvement of people with anti-social personality disorder (ASPD) in clinical trials is necessary to developing effective treatment. Low literacy level, however, may be a barrier to their understanding and therefore their engagement in research.

Aim: Our aim was to find a preferred and most easily understandable way of communicating about research participation with men who have ASPD.

Development of a Brief Waiting Room Observation for Behaviours Typical of Reactive Attachment Disorder.

Objective:   To develop a brief standardised observational schedule for Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) in school-age children to aid clinician recognition of these behaviours.

Design:   A new structured observational schedule for symptoms of RAD was developed using unstructured observation of children in a clinic waiting room setting. The measure's ability to discriminate between a sample of children with RAD and a normative sample was established by comparing scores in these two groups.