Development of a Patient-Centered Software System to Facilitate Effective Management of Bipolar Disorder

Charles L Bowden1, Richard Priesmeyer1, Mauricio Tohen1

  • 1Bowden, M.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Priesmeyer, PhD., Jurica Professor of Management, Department of Management and Marketing, St Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas. Tohen, M.D., Dr.P.H., M.B.A, University Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Singh, M.D., Deceased. Calabrese, M.D., Director, Mood Disorders Program, UH Cleveland Medical Center Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio. Ketter, M.D, Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Nierenberg, M.D., Director, Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Thase, M.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gregg Siegel, M.S, Biomedical Development Corporation, San Antonio, Texas. Leslie H. Siegel, M.F.A, Biomedical Development Corporation, San Antonio, Texas. Mintz, PhD., Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas. Mallakh, M.D., Mood Disorders Research Program, Depression Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. McElroy, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Martinez, M.D., Professor and Mary Avis Weir Chair in Psychiatry, Director, Adult Mood Disorders Program, Co-Director, Mind, Brain, and Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

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