TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health care from the public perspective
T2 - The Texas medication algorithm project
AU - Shon, Steven P.
AU - Crismon, M. Lynn
AU - Toprac, Marcia G.
AU - Trivedi, Madhukar
AU - Miller, Alexander L.
AU - Suppes, Trisha
AU - Rush, A. John
PY - 1999/3/10
Y1 - 1999/3/10
N2 - Medication treatment algorithms have been suggested as a strategy to provide uniform care at predictable costs. The Texas Medication Algorithm Project is a 3-phase study designed to provide solid data on the usefulness of medication algorithms. In phase 1, medication algorithms for the treatment of schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder were developed. Phase 2 was a feasibility study of these algorithms, and phase 3, now underway, compares the costs and outcome in 3 groups, one using a combination of an algorithm and patient/family education, a second using treatment as usual in a clinic that uses an algorithm for a different disorder, and a third using treatment as usual in a nonalgorithm clinic.
AB - Medication treatment algorithms have been suggested as a strategy to provide uniform care at predictable costs. The Texas Medication Algorithm Project is a 3-phase study designed to provide solid data on the usefulness of medication algorithms. In phase 1, medication algorithms for the treatment of schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder were developed. Phase 2 was a feasibility study of these algorithms, and phase 3, now underway, compares the costs and outcome in 3 groups, one using a combination of an algorithm and patient/family education, a second using treatment as usual in a clinic that uses an algorithm for a different disorder, and a third using treatment as usual in a nonalgorithm clinic.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 10073372
AN - SCOPUS:0032971601
SN - 0160-6689
VL - 60
SP - 16
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
IS - SUPPL. 3
ER -