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ERIC Number: EJ405320
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Impact of Interdisciplinary Team Review on Psychotropic Drug Use with Persons Who Have Mental Retardation.
Findholt, Nancy E.; Emmett, Catherine G.
Mental Retardation, v28 n1 p41-46 Feb 1990
A multidisciplinary team, including representatives from medicine, psychology, and residential living, examined 436 mentally retarded residents' regimen of psychotropic medications, with the goal of finding the least restrictive method of behavior management and lowest drug dosage. Significant reductions in psychotropic drug use were observed, along with cost savings. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children, Drug Therapy, Drug Use, Institutionalized Persons, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mental Retardation, Pharmacology, Residential Institutions, Teamwork
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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