Institute of Psychiatry, CUTLASS (Clinical and Cost Utility of the Latest Antipsychotics in Severe Schizophrenia)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/CUT
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: Institute of Psychiatry, CUTLASS (Clinical and Cost Utility of the Latest Antipsychotics in Severe Schizophrenia)
Date(s)	: [1999-2001]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 11 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Institute of Psychiatry

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

CUTLASS was an Institute of Psychiatry research study, conducted 1999-2000. Funded by the National Health Service, the study aimed to establish whether the financial cost of new atypical medications for schizophrenia were offset by an increased quality of life for the patient.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Patient files and papers relating to the CUTLASS (Clinical and Cost Utility of the Latest Antipsychotics in Severe Schizophrenia) Study, [1999-2001]. Administrative material includes: blank forms for patient information used in the study; hospital psychiatric and non-psychiatric manuals; articles and newsletters on antipsychotics and related subjects, rating criteria for levels of psychosis; and minutes and memoranda from CUTLASS committee meetings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in two sections as follows: patient files and administrative papers.

Conditions governing access:

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

The collection contains sensitive personal information and medical details, apply to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London, for details on reproductions.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received from the Institute of Psychiatry (Division of Psychological Medicine), Jan 2006.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2008