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To assess patient preferences between psychological and pharmacologic treatments across diverse psychiatric settings.

June 15, 2013The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Patient Preference for Psychological vs Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

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RMR. Kathryn McHughNational Institute on Drug Abuse SWSarah W. WhittonUniversity of Cincinnati APAndrew PeckhamHarvard University

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Pooled analysis reveals a three-fold preference for psychological over pharmacologic care in psychiatric populations, indicating the need to link individuals to preferred treatments.

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To assess patient preferences between psychological and pharmacologic treatments across diverse psychiatric settings.
Aggregated patient preference data comparing psychological versus pharmacologic interventions across diverse clinical settings.
Identified a statistically significant 3-fold patient preference for psychological treatment over pharmacologic options.
Highlighted enhanced clinical outcomes among patients who receive their preferred psychiatric care despite documented trends of declining psychotherapy utilization.

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McHugh et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e4e0b68de97b87b7a46fec https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.12r07757

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Pooled analysis reveals a three-fold preference for psychological over pharmacologic care in psychiatric populations, indicating the need to link individuals to preferred treatments.

Patient Preference for Psychological vs Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

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Patient Preference for Psychological vs Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

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