Effect of clozapine on physical and verbal aggression

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-255

  Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^a   Avnon, Moshe ^b   Rosenberg, Victor ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Shar Menashe Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

aggression; clozapine; neuroleptic non response; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030589607     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(96)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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