Association of Early Treatment With Chronicity and Hazard of Hospitalization After New Adjustment Disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: Early medication treatment for adjustment disorder was associated with greater overall and psychiatric hospitalization compared with no early medication treatment. This study suggests that an observed provider preference to use medications to treat patients who have comorbid physical illness may have deleterious long-term effects. PMID: 31994408 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31994408?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Psychotherapy - January 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gao YN, Marcangelo M Tags: Am J Psychother Source Type: research

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