The use of pro re nata or statim medications for behavioral control: A summary of experience at a tertiary care children's mental health center

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Swart, Greta Toni ^a,b   Siman, Emilian ^a   Stewart, Shannon L ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Children and Youth Services Child and Parent Resource Institute   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; LORAZEPAM; LOXAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRAZODONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PARKINSONISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79951535923     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2010.0010     Document Type: Article

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