IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA IOP/CUT
Held at: King's College London College Archives
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 AND 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from the Institute of Psychiatry (Division of Psychological Medicine), Jan 2006.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2008