Undiagnosed medical conditions and medication side effects presenting as behavioral/psychiatric problems in people with mental retardation

Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 101-107

  Kastner, T ^a   Walsh, K K ^a   Fraser, M ^a  

^a Southern New Jersey Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Intellectual disabilities; Medical conditions; Medication; Mental retardation; Psychiatric diagnosis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ANHEDONIA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0034794049     PISSN: 10573291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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