Acute mania: Haloperidol dose and augmentation with lithium or lorazepam

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 500-505

  Chou, James C Y ^a,b,c   Czobor, Pal ^a   Charles, Owen ^a   Tuma, Ivan ^a,b   Winsberg, Bertrand ^a,d   Allen, Michael H ^b,c   Trujillo, Manuel ^b,c   Volavka, Jan ^a,b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; BENZATROPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CITRATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032750889     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004714-199912000-00003     Document Type: Article

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