Title |
Making the use of psychotropic drugs more rational through the development of GRADE recommendations in specialist mental healthcare
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Published in |
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, May 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1752-4458-7-14 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Giovanni Ostuzzi, Irene Bighelli, Barbara-Vanessa Carrara, Nicola Dusi, Giuseppe Imperadore, Camilla Lintas, Francesco Nifosì, Michela Nosè, Carlo Piazza, Marianna Purgato, Raffaella Rizzo, Corrado Barbui |
Abstract |
In recent years the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology has often been used by international or national health authorities, or scientific societies, for developing evidence-based treatment recommendations. However, the GRADE approach has never been used by practicing physicians who aim at harmonizing their prescribing behaviours paying due attention to the best available evidence. This paper describes the experience of a working group of psychiatrists who adopted the GRADE approach to develop clinical recommendations on the use of psychotropic drugs in specialist mental healthcare. |
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