Patient Preference for Psychological vs Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Course of Health Care Costs before and after Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment: Patient-Reported vs. Administrative Records

Background There is limited evidence on the course of health service costs before and after psychiatric inpatient treatment, which might also be affected by source of cost data. Thus, this study examines: i) differences in health care costs before and after psychiatric inpatient treatment, ii) whether these differences vary by source of cost-data (self-report vs. administrative), and iii) predi...

Psychological and Psychiatric Factors of Temporomandibular Disorders

Discontinuing treatment for psychiatric disorders.

The psychopharmacology of major psychiatric disorders involves the principle of optimal treatment, which includes appropriate drug selection, correct dosing, recognition and management of side effects, and appropriate duration of treatment. There is a substantial literature to support evidence-based decisions for all of these components of treatment in most major psychiatric syndromes. Less att...

Psychological treatment for personality disorders

There is encouraging evidence that some patients with personality disorder are treatable. Psychotherapeutic interventions show promise, although interpretation of the literature is problematic: the number of patients in most trials is small, outcome measures are questionable, follow-up is limited, and treatments are multifaceted, complex interventions in which the effective components are uncle...

course of health care costs before and after psychiatric inpatient treatment: patient-reported vs. administrative records

background there is limited evidence on the course of health service costs before and after psychiatric inpatient treatment, which might also be affected by source of cost data. thus, this study examines: i) differences in health care costs before and after psychiatric inpatient treatment, ii) whether these differences vary by source of cost-data (self-report vs. administrative), and iii) predi...