From paper to patient: How do you translate science into clinical practice?

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Title:	From paper to patient: How do you translate science into clinical practice?
Authors:	Matson, Gary A., Ashton, Adam Keller, D'Mello, Dale A., Dantz, Bezalel, Hefner, Jaye, Leon, F. George, Montano, C. Brendan, Pradko, James F., Sussman, Norman, Winsberg, Bertrand
Source:	Journal of Family Practice. Dec2003 Supplement, Vol. 52 Issue 12, pS40-S47. 8p.
Subjects:	Mental depression, Therapeutics, Antidepressants, Primary care, Psychiatry, Family medicine, General practitioners
Abstract:	This article seeks to establish an interactive dialogue with clinicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of mental depression patients in practice. The goal is, over time, to create an in-clinic application of the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines, which directs physicians to select antidepressant therapy based on side effect profiles, since all agents are equal in their efficacy. Patient typing presupposes a determination of depression as a diagnosis and then seeks to highlight characteristics of the presentation, which would serve to stratify the specific antidepressant therapy most likely to provide the best outcome for the patient. Seven patient types are presented which may form the beginnings of a new construct, which will be useful in choosing the most effective treatment for a patient's specific symptoms.
Database:	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

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Abstract:	This article seeks to establish an interactive dialogue with clinicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of mental depression patients in practice. The goal is, over time, to create an in-clinic application of the American Psychiatric Association's guidelines, which directs physicians to select antidepressant therapy based on side effect profiles, since all agents are equal in their efficacy. Patient typing presupposes a determination of depression as a diagnosis and then seeks to highlight characteristics of the presentation, which would serve to stratify the specific antidepressant therapy most likely to provide the best outcome for the patient. Seven patient types are presented which may form the beginnings of a new construct, which will be useful in choosing the most effective treatment for a patient's specific symptoms.
ISSN:	00943509