Clinical psychopharmacologic practice. The need for developing a research base.
The advent of psychotropic drugs has enormously improved psychiatric care. Nonetheless, our practice is not optimum. Current knowledge is not regularly applied. It has been repeatedly shown that the majority of patients with psychiatric illness go undiagnosed, and even if diagnosed, they are inappropriately or ineffectively treated, both by clinical psychiatrists and by primary care practitioners. Improved care depends on practitioner education, often referred to as "technology transfer."
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Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D011600:Psychopharmacology / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs