The influence of client's ethnicity on psychotropic medication management in community mental health services

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 882-888

  Ziguras, Stephen ^a   Lambert, Tim J R ^a   McKenzie, Dean P ^a   Pennella, Jo ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Language; Mental health; Psychotropic medication

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; VIET NAM;

EID: 0033385929     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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