Using Clinical Scales in Child Psychiatry

Topics: Assessment | Diagnosis | Outcome tracking | Outcomes

CCPR: Welcome, Dr. Krishna. Could you tell us what drives your work in measurement-based care? Dr. Krishna: Sure. I have a PhD in computer engineering as well as being a child psychiatrist. I’m a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Healthcare Access and Economics Committee. I am an engineer at heart, and I’m interested

Combination Treatment for Schizophrenia

Topics: Adjunct treatment | Antidepressant | Antipsychotic | Benzodiazepine | CATIE | Combination treatment | Free Articles | Mood stabilizer | Outcomes | Psychopharmacology | Schizoaffective disorder | Schizophrenia | Substance Use Disorder

CHPR: You recently published a study on the use of adjunctive medications in patients with schizophrenia (Stroup TS et al, JAMA Psychiatry 2019;76(5):508–515). Your findings were provocative as you found that adjunctive medications often help improve patients’ outcomes, yet many clinicians avoid polypharmacy because of concern that patients will exp