Clonazepam as a therapeutic adjunct to improve the management of psychiatric disorders

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-78

  Morishita, Shigeru ^a   Aoki, Shozo ^a   Watanabe, Shosuke ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akathisia; Clonazepam; Depression; Mania; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; BIPERIDEN; BROMAZEPAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DOSULEPIN; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; NITRAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PROMETHAZINE; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; ZOTEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031958669     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb00976.x     Document Type: Article

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