A successful effort to improve adherence to treatment guidelines for bipolar disorder

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-213

  Smith, Thomas E ^a   Levine, Stewart B ^b   Hampel, Judith ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HYPOMANIA; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 45849091122     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220802160415     Document Type: Review

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