Use of psychotropic agents in preschool children: Associated symptoms, diagnoses, and health care services in a health maintenance organization

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-157

  DeBar, Lynn L ^a   Lynch, Frances ^a   Powell, James ^b   Gale, John ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; GUANFACINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0037298803     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.2.150     Document Type: Article

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