High- and Low-Potency Neuroleptics in Elderly Psychiatric Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 239, Issue 18, 1978, Pages 1860-1862

  Branchey, Marc H ^a   Lee, J Hillary ^a   Amin, Ramesh ^a   Simpson, George M ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; FLUPHENAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; NAVENE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE; TIOTIXENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUPHENAZINE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THIORIDAZINE;

EID: 0018178225     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1978.03280450032019     Document Type: Article

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