Number needed to treat: An underused measure of treatment effect

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-146+154

  Pinson, Letitia ^b   Gray, Gregory E ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

EID: 0347276031     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.145     Document Type: Short Survey

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