Impact of Clozapine Prescription on Inpatient Resource Utilization
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Sernyak M, Kosten T, Fontana A, Rosenheck R. Neuroleptic Use in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Psychiatric Quarterly 2001, 72: 197-213. PMID: 11467155, DOI: 10.1023/a:1010318414199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderTreatment of PTSDNeuroleptic useOutcome studiesStress disorderSevere post-traumatic stress disorderLarge outcome studiesUse of neurolepticsNeuroleptic-treated patientsObservational outcome studyCombat-related post-traumatic stress disorderIll patientsMedication historyClinical variablesNeuroleptic prescriptionSocio-demographic characteristicsTreatment characteristicsBaseline differencesNeurolepticsPatientsSecondary analysisPTSD symptomsCombat exposureTreatmentOutpatients