Am J Psychiatry 1975; 132:186-188
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychopharmacologic management of patients: a method for recording treatment decisions
DJ Kupfer and TP Detre
The authors describe a drug treatment form they designed, the KDS-8, that
is suitable for use in all types of treatment settings. An important
feature is a checklist of treatable target symptoms, with categories of
improvement, no change, or worsening. Changes in drug regimen and the
clinician's reasons for them are noted. Among the advantages the authors
cite are easy retrievability of drug treatment data and the forms
suitability for use in audit procedures and research.
