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The physician questionnaire: A useful tool in psychiatric drug research

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This paper has discussed a 10 item Physician Questionnaire, a simple instrument for rating neurotic symptomatology. The results of a factor analysis were presented. The sensitivity of both the 3 derived factor and 2 clinical cluster scores in detecting differences among psychotropic drugs was demonstrated.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia, USA

    Karl Rickels & Kay Howard

  2. General Hospital, 19104, Philadelphia, Pa.

    Karl Rickels & Kay Howard

  3. 203, Piersol Building, Univ. Hospital, 3400 Spruce Street, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Karl Rickels

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This research was supported by USPHS Grants MH-08957-8 and MH-15322.

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Rickels, K., Howard, K. The physician questionnaire: A useful tool in psychiatric drug research. Psychopharmacologia 17, 338–344 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404239

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