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Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy: Prescription Practices In Psychiatric Resident Care, Rachel Dew, W. Vaughn Mccall
Antidepressant Pharmacotherapy: Prescription Practices In Psychiatric Resident Care, Rachel Dew, W. Vaughn Mccall
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
Background: Research on treatment of depression has raised concerns regarding adequacy of medication trials and rationality of drug choice. Little data exists regarding pharmacotherapy by psychiatric residents. As practice habits begun in training will likely persist after graduation, examination of residents' antidepressant use may ultimately improve treatment by psychiatrists.
Methods: Charts of new patients presenting to the Wake Forest University Psychiatry Resident Clinic were reviewed. Survey was made of medications prescribed to 112 patients diagnosed with major depression, dysthymia, depressive disorder NOS, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, or bipolar disorder with a documented depression during the studied period. Drug choice …