Aggression of psychiatric patients associated with the use of as-needed medication

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-29

  Goedhard, L E ^a,b   Stolker, J J ^a,b   Nijman, H L I ^c   Egberts, A C G ^b,d   Heerdink, E R ^b  

^a Altrecht Institute for Mental Healthcare   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147093124     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-961817     Document Type: Article

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