Psychopharmacologic treatment of aggressive preschoolers: A chart review

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-135

  Staller, Jud A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Preschoolers; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMFEBUTAMONE; AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; ATOMOXETINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GUANFACINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 33845663969     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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