End of the road for treatment-as-usual studies?

British Journal of Psychiatry - Tập 195 Số 1 - Trang 5-6 - 2009
Tom Burns1
1University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX. Email:

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SummaryUsing treatment as usual (TAU) in trials has obscured the repeated finding that assertive outreach has never reduced hospitalisation when compared with treatment by multidisciplinary teams (community mental health teams, CMHTs). Its use has delayed recognising that CMHTs are the more cost-effective, evidence-based approach. The term should be abandoned and trials should compare two equally well-defined services.

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British Journal of Psychiatry

Tập 195 Số 1

5-6

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