Psychotropic and General Drug Use by Mentally Retarded Persons: A Test of the Status Model of Drug Use.

MacEachron, Ann E.

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ERIC Number: EJ292581

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Psychotropic and General Drug Use by Mentally Retarded Persons: A Test of the Status Model of Drug Use.

MacEachron, Ann E.

Child and Youth Services, v6 n1-2 p89-101 Spr-Sum 1983

Discusses the use of prescribed psychotropic drugs among the mentally retarded. Analyzes data on over 7,000 retarded adolescents to empirically test a proposed model of drug use. Suggests that interventions should provide needed changes in the individual's social environment as well as psychological and medical care. (CMG)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Employment Level, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Models, Physical Health, Social Environment

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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