Concordance between psychotropic prescribing for veterans with PTSD and clinical practice guidelines

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-160

  Jain, Shaili ^a,b   Greenbaum, Mark A ^a   Rosen, Craig ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; CLONIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; ESZOPICLONE; GUANFACINE; HYDROXYZINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRAZODONE; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857665295     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100199     Document Type: Article

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