Two cases of zolpidem-associated homicide

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Paradis, Cheryl M ^a,b   Siegel, Lawrence A ^c   Kleinman, Stuart B ^d  

^a MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 84877952873     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.12br01363     Document Type: Article

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