Are antipsychotic drugs the right treatment for challenging behaviour in learning disability?: The place of a randomised trial

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 338-343

  Aschroft, R ^a   Fraser, B ^a   Kerr, M ^a   Ahmed, Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic medication; Challenging behaviour; Learning disability; Randomised trial; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIORIDAZINE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW SUIT; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; WELLBEING;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISKS AND BENEFITS;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034794359     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.27.5.338     Document Type: Article

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