Aligning clinical practice to PTSD treatment guidelines: Medication prescribing by provider type

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-148

  Abrams, Thad E ^a,b   Lund, Brian C ^a   Bernardy, Nancy C ^c,d   Friedman, Matthew J ^c,d  

^a Veterans Affairs Iowa City Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHARMACY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VETERAN; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880139916     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200217     Document Type: Article

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