The Impact of Antipsychotics on Psychomotor Performance With Regards to Car Driving Skills

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-160

  Brunnauer, Alexander ^a,c   Laux, Gerd ^a,b   Geiger, Elisabeth ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a District Hospital Gabersee   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bezirksklinikum Gabersee ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZOTEPINE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLOZAPINE; FEMALE; FLUPENTHIXOL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642282674     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000116648.91923.82     Document Type: Article

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