Closing the gap between research and practice
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 171 (3) , 220-225
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.171.3.220
Abstract
Has Mrs A got schizophrenia? Would Mr B do better with a tricyclic or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor? Is Miss C likely to be recovered in six months time? Is St John's wort an effective antidepressant? Clinical psychiatry involves making difficult decisions about diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. Sometimes we may be entirely confident about our decisions, but often we are uncomfortably aware that we are making a choice without being sure there is convincing evidence to justify it. Maybe we don't know or have forgotten what the evidence is, or perhaps there isn't any.Keywords
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