Psychoactive drug use in an institution for intellectually handicapped persons (for editorial comment, see page 68)
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 155 (2) , 75-79
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb142129.x
Abstract
Objective: To study the use of psychoactive drugs for the treatment of long‐stay develop‐mentally disabled individuals in an institution in New South Wales. Setting: Three wards dedicated to the long...Keywords
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