Guidelines on antipsychotics for dementia: Are we losing our minds?

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Haw, Camilla ^a   Yorston, Graeme ^a   Stubbs, Jean ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59949095213     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.107.017947     Document Type: Article

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