Proposing an algorithm for the pharmacological management of posttraumatic stress disorder

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-246

  Alarcon R D ^a   Glover, S ^a   Boyer, W ^a   Balon, R ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Pharmacotherapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; HYSTERIA; LONG TERM CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034517835     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009090611519     Document Type: Article

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