Use of herbal medications among 200 psychiatric outpatients: Prevalence, patterns of use, and potential dangers

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-26

  Matthews, Scott C ^a   Camacho, Alvaro ^a   Lawson, Kathy ^a   Dimsdale, Joel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; KAVA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALERIAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DRUG USE; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; GENDER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIST; SEDATION; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037269506     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00237-2     Document Type: Article

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