Trazodone for aggression in an adolescent with hydrocephalus

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-136

  Mashiko, Hirobumi ^a   Yokoyama, Hidekatsu ^a   Matsumoto, Hideo ^a   Niwa, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adolescence; aggression; hydrocephalus; organic brain syndrome; self injurious behavior; trazodone

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIZOLAM; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PIMOZIDE; TIMIPERONE; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOTEPINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0029952021     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb01677.x     Document Type: Article

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