Prescribing of psychotropic medications for children by Australian pediatricians and child psychiatrists

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 372-375

  Efron, Daryl ^a   Hiscock, Harriet ^a   Sewell, Jillian R ^a   Cranswick, Noel E ^a   Vance, Alasdair L A ^b   Tyl, Yvonne ^a   Luk, Ernest S L ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Neuroleptic; Psychotropic medication; Stimulant

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 0037315725     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.2.372     Document Type: Article

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