Psychopharmacology Algorithms
Clinical Guidance from the Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Program
Psychopharmacology Algorithms
Clinical Guidance from the Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Program
David N. Osser, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School at the VA Boston Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
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Names: Osser, David N. (David Neal), editor.
Title: Psychopharmacology algorithms: clinical guidance from the Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Program / [edited by] David N. Osser.
Description: Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: Algorithms are useful in the field of psychopharmacology as they can serve as guidelines for avoiding the biases and cognitive lapses that are common when treating conditions that rely on uncertain data. In spite of this, evidence-based practices in psychopharmacology often require years to become widely adopted. The Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at Harvards South Shore Medical Program is an effort to speed up the adoption of evidence-based research into the day-to-day treatment of patients Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020018487 | ISBN 9781975151195 (paperback)
Subjects: MESH: Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project at the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Program. | Mental Disordersdrug therapy | Psychotropic Drugsadministration & dosage | Algorithms | Practice Guidelines as Topic | Evidence-Based Medicine
Classification: LCC RC483 | NLM WM 402 | DDC 616.89/18dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018487
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CONTRIBUTORS
Harmony Raylen Abejuela, MD
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston Childrens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Arash Ansari, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Attending Psychiatrist
Faulkner Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Laura A. Bajor, DO
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Harvard South Shore Psychiatry
Residency Training Program
Brockton, Massachusetts
Ashley M. Beaulieu, DO
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
VA Boston Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
Lance R. Dunlop, MD
Acting Medical Director
Cambria County Mental Health/Mental Retardation Clinic
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Christoforos Iraklis Giakoumatos, MD
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
VA Boston Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
Leonard S. Lai, MD
Clinical Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Attending Psychiatrist
Faulkner Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
James J. Levitt, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
VA Boston Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
Theo Manschreck, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School at the VA Boston
Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
Corrigan Mental Health Center
Fall River, Massachusetts
Harvard Commonwealth Center of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience and Psychopharmacological Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Othman Mohammad, MD
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston Childrens Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
David N. Osser, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School at the VA Boston Healthcare System
Brockton, Massachusetts
Robert D. Patterson, MD
Lecturer in Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
McLean Hospital
Belmont, Massachusetts
Kenneth C. Potts, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief of Psychiatry
Faulkner Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Mohsen Jalali Roudsari, MD
Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Psychopathology
