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ArticleThe American psychologist

Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients of prescribing psychologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.

Phillip M Hughes, Joshua D Niznik, Robert E McGrath, Casey R Tak, Robert B Christian, Betsy L Sleath, Kathleen C Thomas

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Article in The American psychologist. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Phillip M HughesDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.ORCID 0000-0002-5472-1677
Joshua D NiznikDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Robert E McGrathDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah.
Casey R TakCarolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Robert B ChristianDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Betsy L SleathDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kathleen C ThomasDivision of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

AHRQ HHSAHRQ HHS T32 HS000032UNC; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services ResearchUNC Gillings School of Global Public Health; Department of EpidemiologyUNC; School of Medicine
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To describe the characteristics of patients receiving psychotropic medication from prescribing psychologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians. This descriptive study was conducted using private insurance claims of patients from New Mexico and Louisiana receiving psychotropic medications (anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antipsychotics, hypotensive agents, anxiolytics/sedatives/hypnotics, and stimulants) from 2004 to 2021 (

Indexed as

Drug PrescriptionsMental DisordersPhysicians, Primary CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'PsychiatryPsychologyPsychotropic DrugsAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansLouisianaMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatristsPsychotropic Drugs

Identifiers

PMID38635216
PMCPMC11881088
OpenAlexW4394917159

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Registered trials

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