Psychotropic Drugs in Group Homes: Prevalence and Relation to Demographic/Psychiatric Variables.

Aman, Michael G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ501336

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Publication Date: 1995

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Psychotropic Drugs in Group Homes: Prevalence and Relation to Demographic/Psychiatric Variables.

Aman, Michael G.; And Others

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v99 n5 p500-09 Mar 1995

All 1,101 clients with mental retardation residing in about 120 group homes of a residential service agency were surveyed on one date for usage of psychotropic medication. Findings indicated 27 percent had received one or more psychotropic drugs for behavioral or emotional disorders. Diagnoses such as psychosis and mood disorder and certain target behaviors were associated with greater medication use. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Drug Therapy, Group Homes, Incidence, Mental Disorders, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Residential Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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