Decision model for the acute treatment of mania.
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Steffens, DC; Krishnan, KR
Published in: Depress Anxiety
1996
Decision making in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment has not been evaluated systematically. The authors present a model for treatment of an acute manic episode using a decision analysis software program. Six treatment options were put into the model: lithium, valproate, carbamezepine, electroconvulsive therapy, clonazepam, and neuroleptics. Each treatment was evaluated on three factors, efficacy, tolerability, and cost, using data from the literature and pharmacy and billing information. Output from the computer program identified three top choices among the six options: valproate, carbamazepine, and lithium, with valproate emerging as the first choice using the data we inputted.
Duke Scholars
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Depress Anxiety
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ISSN
1091-4269
Publication Date
1996
Volume
4
Issue
6
Start / End Page
289 / 293
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Valproic Acid
- Treatment Outcome
- Software
- Psychiatry
- Lithium Carbonate
- Humans
- Expert Systems
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Decision Support Techniques
- Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
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Steffens, D. C., & Krishnan, K. R. (1996). Decision model for the acute treatment of mania. Depress Anxiety, 4(6), 289–293. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:6<289::AID-DA5>3.0.CO;2-7
Steffens, D. C., and K. R. Krishnan. “Decision model for the acute treatment of mania.” Depress Anxiety 4, no. 6 (1996): 289–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:6<289::AID-DA5>3.0.CO;2-7.
Steffens DC, Krishnan KR. Decision model for the acute treatment of mania. Depress Anxiety. 1996;4(6):289–93.
Steffens, D. C., and K. R. Krishnan. “Decision model for the acute treatment of mania.” Depress Anxiety, vol. 4, no. 6, 1996, pp. 289–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:6<289::AID-DA5>3.0.CO;2-7.
Steffens DC, Krishnan KR. Decision model for the acute treatment of mania. Depress Anxiety. 1996;4(6):289–293.
Published In
Depress Anxiety
DOI
ISSN
1091-4269
Publication Date
1996
Volume
4
Issue
6
Start / End Page
289 / 293
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Valproic Acid
- Treatment Outcome
- Software
- Psychiatry
- Lithium Carbonate
- Humans
- Expert Systems
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Decision Support Techniques
- Decision Making, Computer-Assisted