Toward evidence-based training and practice in psychopharmacology: Of Cassandras, canards, and the dog in the night-time

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-263

  Levant, Ronald F ^a   Sammons, Morgan T ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonphysician health care providers; Patient safety; Physician training; Prescribing psychologists; Psychopharmacology demonstration project

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 1842871004     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/9.3.259     Document Type: Review

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