Empirical Approach to Psychopharmacology for Institutionalized Individuals with Severe or Profound Mental Retardation.

Bishop, Andrew C.

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ERIC Number: EJ455820

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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ISSN: ISSN-0047-6765

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Empirical Approach to Psychopharmacology for Institutionalized Individuals with Severe or Profound Mental Retardation.

Bishop, Andrew C.

Mental Retardation, v30 n5 p283-88 Oct 1992

A six-point program of diagnostic inquiry and treatment strategy for individuals with behavior disorders in addition to severe or profound mental retardation is presented, which allows alternate etiological hypotheses to be tested in a clinical setting. This format is intended to unify psychopharmacy practice in mental retardation and in general psychiatry. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Etiology, Multiple Disabilities, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Severe Mental Retardation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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