Justifiable psychopharmacology or overzealous prescription? Examining parental reports of lifetime prescription histories of psychiatrically hospitalised children

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Zakriski, Audrey L ^a   Wheeler, Elizabeth ^b   Burda, Jeffrey ^c   Shields, Ann ^d  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child inpatients; Managed care; Psychiatric treatment; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244456210     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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