Prescription of psychotropic medications to youths in office-based practice

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1081-1087

  Goodwin, R ^a   Gould, M S ^a   Blanco, C ^a   Olfson, M ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034880932     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1081     Document Type: Article

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