Implementing guidelines and systems of care: Experiences with the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP)

Journal of Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-86

  Rush, A John ^a,e   Crismon, M Lynn ^b   Toprac, Marcia G ^c   Shon, Steven P ^c   Rago, William V ^c   Miller, Alexander L ^d   Suppes, Trisha ^a   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^a   Biggs, Melanie M ^a   Shores Wilson, Kathy ^a   Kashner, T Michael ^a   Altshuler, Kenneth Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Consensus guidelines; Patient education; Public sector patients; Severe and persistent mental illnesses; Systems of care; Texas medication algorithm project

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002340859     PISSN: 10765417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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