follow-up study

a long-term research project designed to examine the degree to which effects seen shortly after the imposition of an intervention persist over time. Follow-up studies are also used for the long-term study of participants in a laboratory experiment to examine the degree to which effects of the experimental conditions are lasting.

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May 3rd 2024

American Orthopsychiatric Association

an interdisciplinary professional organization engaged in preventive, treatment, and advocacy approaches to mental health. The prefix ortho- (from the Greek orthos, “straight”) emphasizes the need for preventive approaches. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry is its major publication. [founded in 1924 by U.S. physician Karl Menninger (1893–1990)]