Mirror, mirror on the wall: Are we prescribing the right psychotropic medications to the right children using the right treatment plan?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-16

  Jellinek, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037235558     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.1.14     Document Type: Editorial

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