Purpose: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a well-established tool for guiding
psychopharmacotherapy and improving patient care. Despite their established roles in the …

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) receives growing interest in different psychiatric clinical
settings (emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services). Despite its usefulness, TDM …

Psychiatric disorders often require pharmacological interventions to alleviate symptoms and
improve quality of life. However, achieving an optimal therapeutic outcome is challenging …

TDM of psychotropic drugs is widely used, but there is little consensus regarding its optimal
use in the clinical context. This prompted a multidisciplinary group comprised of clinical …

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) results are a biological measure of the ability of the
patient to clear a drug as long as the patient is adhering to the prescribed dosage. If the …

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is the quantification and interpretation of drug
concentrations in blood to optimize pharmacotherapy. It considers the interindividual …

A recent prospective study performed in 3 midsize psychiatric departments in Germany1 has
shown that TDM of antidepressants, when used under routine clinical conditions, improves …

Psychopharmacological treatment is an integral part of modern psychiatry. However, there
are several issues regarding safety, tolerability, adherence and response to treatment …

Objective: The quantification of antipsychotic levels in blood, also known as therapeutic drug
monitoring (TDM), is a potentially useful tool of modern personalized therapy that can be …

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) aims to optimize pharmacotherapy treatment.
Knowledge, availability and use of TDM for psychiatric patients, however, differ between …