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ERIC Number: EJ364861
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Audit of Psychoactive Drug Prescriptions in Group Homes.
Gowdey, Charles W.; And Others
Mental Retardation, v25 n6 p331-34 Dec 1987
The survey found that of the 1,389 mentally retarded persons living in community supervised residential settings in Southwestern Ontario, 49 percent received some type of psychoactive drug. Specifically, 23 percent received anticonvulsants; 14 percent, neuroleptics; 5 percent, sedative/hypnotics; 3 percent, antidepressants; 3 percent, antiparkinsons; and 1 percent, antimanic. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Drug Therapy, Foreign Countries, Group Homes, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Narcotics, Residential Programs, Sedatives, Stimulants, Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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