The predictive value of benzodiazepine tolerance in persistently aggressive schizophrenia

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 196-199

  Hatta, Kotaro ^a   Takahashi, Takeo ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamashiro, Hisato ^a   Endo, Hirohisa ^a   Kito, Kiyohiro ^a   Fujii, Senta ^a   Matsuzaki, Ichiyo ^c   Masui, Kanji ^a   Yonezawa, Yosuke ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Benzodiazepine; Prediction; Psychiatric emergency; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; VIOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAZEPAM; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032910152     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026583     Document Type: Article

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