Audit of the use of psychotropic medication for challenging behaviour in a community learning disability service

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 447-450

  Marshall, Tom ^a  

^a Newark Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARD;

EID: 10644245112     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.12.447     Document Type: Article

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