
Difficult-to-Treat Psychiatric Patient
Why do some psychiatric patients fail to get better, even when in the care of competent clinicians?
Treatment-refractory conditions are all too common in everyday clinical practice. Treatment resistance occurs across the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders, incurring enormous emotional, economic, and social costs. In the United States, treatment of depression alone costs more than $40 billion an...
Why do some psychiatric patients fail to get better, even when in the care of competent clinicians?
Treatment-refractory conditions are all too common in everyday clinical practice. Treatment resistance occurs across the full spectrum of psychiatric disorders, incurring enormous emotional, economic, and social costs. In the United States, treatment of depression alone costs more than $40 billion an...