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ArticleHSOA journal of psychiatry, depression & anxiety

Perils of Pragmatic Psychiatry: How We Can Do Better.

Maju Mathew Koola, Joseph Sebastian

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Article in HSOA journal of psychiatry, depression & anxiety. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Maju Mathew KoolaSheppard Pratt Health System, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.
Joseph SebastianRoss University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies.

Funding

Multidisciplinary Schizophrenia Research TrainingT32MH067533 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI CARPENTER, WILLIAM T., ELMER, GREGORY I · 2004 to 2025
$4.3M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH067533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Etiologic and pathophysiologic understanding of psychiatric disorders is still in its early stages. The neurobiology of major psychiatric disorders has yet to be fully elucidated. Psychiatric diagnoses are often based on presenting symptoms, lacking reliability and stability. For a variety of reasons, many notable laboratory and clinical observations have not been tested in large trials. Lacking this validation, these potentially valuable practices have not been widely disseminated nor translated into real world practice. Pragmatic practice today requires optimum use of the available resources. This may sometimes require translating novel treatments supported by strong, evidence-based, level II evidence; but still lacking level I evidence into practice and greater utilization of evidence-based approved practices. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some common avoidable pitfalls in practice, and to offer a few psychopharmacological pearls.

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AlcoholAnxietyBipolarDepressionInsomniaPragmatic psychiatryPsychiatry practicePsychopharmacologyPTSDSchizophreniaSubstanceSuicideTreatment

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PMID26998529
PMCPMC4795475

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