The acceptability of psychotropic vs. other medications among a small urban primary care sample

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 492-494

  Sansone, Randy A ^a,b   Dunn, Marisa ^b   Whorley, MySha R ^c   Gaither, George A ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KETTERING MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychotropic medication; Urban sample

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0346963281     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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