neuropharmacologic function, but also because they might represent an unrecognized therapeutic problem. With the current tendency to shift patients in and out of institutional settings at frequent intervals, and with neuroleptic drug treatment often paralleling such a cycle, clinicians unwittingly may produce effects resembling those reported here, then treat them by raising the dose or adding ...

The enduring importance and utility of comparative research in sociology are as old as the discipline itself. Although comparative research flourishes within this discipline, methodological problems persist. After defining comparative research, this article outlines some of its central problems, including: (1) case selection, unit, level and scale of analysis; (2) construct equivalence; (3) var...