A naturalistic study of medication reduction in a residential treatment setting

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 302-310

  Connor, Daniel F ^a   McLaughlin, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19544384408     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2005.15.302     Document Type: Article

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