Posted by linkadge on August 19, 2010, at 11:04:59
In reply to trends in psychiatry, posted by Christ_empowered on August 19, 2010, at 10:24:54
I think that psychiatrists are pulled this way and that by the latest study which comes out.
There was a recent study which suggested that polypharmacology was associated with a higher hospitalization readmission rate. I don't know if it was just a correlational study though.
Fewer drugs makes more sense in terms of side effects and toxicity, but I don't know about efficacy.
Its really hard to say.
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