Delirium associated with baclofen withdrawal: A review of common presentations and management strategies

Psychosomatics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-507

  Leo, Raphael J ^a   Baer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DANTROLENE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS FLUCTUATION; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE SPASM; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACTILE HALLUCINATION; THOUGHT DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 27644492161     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.46.6.503     Document Type: Review

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