Use of Psychotropic Medication in Oklahoma: A Statewide Survey

Use of Psychotropic Medication in Oklahoma: A Statewide Survey

Analysis of statewide (Oklahoma) survey data revealed that 22.5% of individuals with mental retardation who were served by the Oklahoma mental retardation system were receiving antipsychotic medication. Higher levels of medication use were found in institutional settings and Intermediate Care Facili...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of mental retardation 1997-07, Vol.102 (1), p.80-85
Hauptverfasser: Spreat, Scott, Conroy, James W, Jones, Jennifer C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Anxiety Agents - therapeutic use
Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
Antipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Therapy
Female
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Institutionalized Persons
Intellectual Disability - drug therapy
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental Retardation
Middle Aged
Multiple Disabilities
Neuropharmacology
Oklahoma
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Prevalence
Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
Psychotropic Medication
Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data
Residential Programs
Social Behavior Disorders - drug therapy
State Surveys
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Zusammenfassung:Analysis of statewide (Oklahoma) survey data revealed that 22.5% of individuals with mental retardation who were served by the Oklahoma mental retardation system were receiving antipsychotic medication. Higher levels of medication use were found in institutional settings and Intermediate Care Facility settings. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0895-8017
1943-362X
DOI:10.1352/0895-8017(1997)102<0080:UOPMIO>2.0.CO;2