Clozapine reduces violent behavior in heterogeneous diagnostic groups

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-44

  Kraus, John E ^a   Sheitman, Brian B ^b  

^a Dorothea Dix Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; DROPERIDOL; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PROPRANOLOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 14144255934     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.17.1.36     Document Type: Article

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