Psychopharmacological treatment of aggressive behavior: Implications for domestically violent men

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-261

  Maiuro, Roland D ^a,b   Avery, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; METOPROLOL; NADOLOL; OXAZEPAM; PINDOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030426101     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.3.239     Document Type: Article

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