Medication treatment for the severely and persistently mentally ill: The Texas Medication Algorithm Project

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 284-291

  Rush, A John ^a   Rago, William V ^b   Crismon, M Lynn ^b   Toprac, Marcia G ^b   Shon, Steven P ^b   Suppes, Trisha ^b   Miller, Alexander L ^b   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^b   Swann, Alan C ^b   Biggs, Melanie M ^b   Shores Wilson, Kathy ^b   Kashner, T Michael ^b   Pigott, Teresa ^b   Chiles, John A ^b   Gilbert, Don A ^b   Altshuler, Kenneth Z ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033057706     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v60n0503     Document Type: Article

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