TY - JOUR
T1 - The Medical-Psychiatric Coordinating Physician-Led Model
T2 - Team-Based Treatment for Complex Patients
AU - Frankel, Steven A.
AU - Bourgeois, James A.
AU - Xiong, Glen
AU - McCarron, Robert
AU - Han, Jaesu
AU - Erdberg, Philip
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objective: We propose a patient care model involving psychiatrist-led multispecialty teams for treatment of the most treatment-refractory segment of "complex" outpatients. We call the psychiatrist taking this leadership role the Medical-Psychiatric Coordinating Physician. Method: The authors conducted a pilot study for this treatment model with 52 office-based outpatient cases each involving complex patients, and each with at least 2 major treatment failures. They followed these patients empirically for at least 18 months. Outcomes examined included Hamilton Anxiety Rating Sca≤ Hamilton Depression Rating Sca≤ and Health Related Quality of Life-14 scores (HRQOL-14, modified), in association with a comprehensive treatment review. Results: Comprehensive treatment review indicated sustained improvement in at least 2 of 4 clinical dimensions (utilization, treatment adherence, symptomatology, and quality of life) in 44 of 52 patients. Included were Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale scores that improved significantly from 26.27 ± 7.5 to 18.13 ± 5.74 (p < 0.0001) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores that improved from 22.02 ± 7.10 to 14.58 ± 6.46 (p < 0.0001). The Health-Related Quality of Life-14 improved significantly for general health from 2.54 ± 1.03 to 2.12 ± 1.06 (p < 0.0001), and sick days per month from 11.22 ± 7.76 to 6.60 ± 7.51 (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The Medical-Psychiatric Coordinating Physician-led multispecialty team method may be advantageous for the ongoing outpatient treatment of management-intensive, complex patients. We offer this model as having a place among the available integrated care models for the treatment of comorbid psychiatric-systemic medical illness.
AB - Objective: We propose a patient care model involving psychiatrist-led multispecialty teams for treatment of the most treatment-refractory segment of "complex" outpatients. We call the psychiatrist taking this leadership role the Medical-Psychiatric Coordinating Physician. Method: The authors conducted a pilot study for this treatment model with 52 office-based outpatient cases each involving complex patients, and each with at least 2 major treatment failures. They followed these patients empirically for at least 18 months. Outcomes examined included Hamilton Anxiety Rating Sca≤ Hamilton Depression Rating Sca≤ and Health Related Quality of Life-14 scores (HRQOL-14, modified), in association with a comprehensive treatment review. Results: Comprehensive treatment review indicated sustained improvement in at least 2 of 4 clinical dimensions (utilization, treatment adherence, symptomatology, and quality of life) in 44 of 52 patients. Included were Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale scores that improved significantly from 26.27 ± 7.5 to 18.13 ± 5.74 (p < 0.0001) and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores that improved from 22.02 ± 7.10 to 14.58 ± 6.46 (p < 0.0001). The Health-Related Quality of Life-14 improved significantly for general health from 2.54 ± 1.03 to 2.12 ± 1.06 (p < 0.0001), and sick days per month from 11.22 ± 7.76 to 6.60 ± 7.51 (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: The Medical-Psychiatric Coordinating Physician-led multispecialty team method may be advantageous for the ongoing outpatient treatment of management-intensive, complex patients. We offer this model as having a place among the available integrated care models for the treatment of comorbid psychiatric-systemic medical illness.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.psym.2013.12.014
DO - 10.1016/j.psym.2013.12.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 24833116
AN - SCOPUS:84903717820
VL - 55
SP - 333
EP - 342
JO - Psychosomatics
JF - Psychosomatics
SN - 0033-3182
IS - 4
ER -