Interdisciplinary Team Review of Psychotropic Drug Use in Community Settings.

Kastner, Theodore A.; Walsh, Kevin

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ERIC Number: EJ486433

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Interdisciplinary Team Review of Psychotropic Drug Use in Community Settings.

Kastner, Theodore A.; Walsh, Kevin

Mental Retardation, v32 n3 p243-45 Jun 1994

This response to a description of a psychotropic drug review process, TAPER, suggests that the data supporting the reported low rate and dosage level of psychotropic drug use resulting from the process were misleading and inaccurate. Implications of such a drug review process for facilities serving people with developmental disabilities are drawn. (DB)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy, Incidence, Institutionalized Persons, Interdisciplinary Approach, Medical Evaluation, Medical Services, Pharmacy, Residential Institutions, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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