Psychotropic prescribing for the elderly in office-based practice

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 603-616

  Aparasu, Rajender R ^a   Mort, Jane R ^a   Sitzman, Scott ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Inappropriate prescribing; Office based; Psychotropic

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MEPROBAMATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031878523     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(98)80069-6     Document Type: Article

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