Longitudinal prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs in nursing home residents

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-233

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Farley, Jeanne ^b,d   Lipson, Steve ^c   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^c   Woosley, Raymond ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Res Inst Hebrew Home Gtr W   (United States)

^c Allied Pharmaceutical Services   (United States)

^d Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROXYZINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXAZEPAM; PERPHENAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM; THIORIDAZINE; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENT;

EID: 19144362767     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.4.2.224     Document Type: Article

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