Psychotropic Drugs - Adverse effects
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To consider applied psychometrics in psychiatry as a discipline focusing on pharmacopsychology rather than psychopharmacology as illustrated by the pharmacopsychometric triangle. METHOD: The pharmacopsychological dimensions of clinically ... Read more...

[Use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation]

8 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Individuals who have mental retardation and live by themselves have little knowledge of psychotropic medication. The aim of this study is to examine the use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation, 10-20 ... Read more...

Psychotropic drug use during breastfeeding: a review of the evidence.

5 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to review the existing literature on the use of various classes of psychotropic medications during breastfeeding to provide information about infant exposure levels and reported adverse events in breastfed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotropic Drugs - Adverse effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Applied psychometrics in clinical psychiatry: the pharmacopsychometric triangle. 30 Oct 2009
• [Use of psychotropic medication among individuals with mental retardation] 8 Sep 2009
• Psychotropic drug use during breastfeeding: a review of the evidence. 5 Sep 2009
• Drug interactions in transplant patients: what everyone should know. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of khat and posttraumatic stress disorder as risk factors for psychotic symptoms: a study of Somali combatants. 6 Aug 2009
• A trident in the brain, central pontine myelinolysis. 30 Jul 2009
• Trauma, emergency room visits, and cognition. 30 Jul 2009
• Developing explicit positive beers criteria for preferred central nervous system medications in older adults. 30 Jul 2009
• Sleep in depression and anxiety disorders: a population-based study of elderly persons. 12 Jul 2009
• Changes between 1982 and 2000 in the prevalence of behavioral symptoms and psychotropic drug treatment among old people with cognitive impairment in geriatric care. 7 Jul 2009
• Sex differences in inappropriate drug use: a register-based study of over 600,000 older people. 5 Jul 2009
• Falls in a psychiatric institution in Beijing, China. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychopharmacology and preschoolers: a critical review of current conditions. 29 Jun 2009
• Risk of fall for individuals with intellectual disability. 29 Jun 2009
• Suicide risk and psychopharmacology: assessment and management of acute and chronic risk factors. 29 Jun 2009
• Cutaneous adverse reactions to psychotropic drugs: data from a multicenter surveillance program. 14 Jun 2009
• Fall-related hip fractures. 8 Jun 2009
• Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and medical treatment. 30 May 2009
• A psychiatric-cardiac case: analysis for education and clinical practice. 30 May 2009
• The plastic phenomenon underlying the associative processes in the addictive properties of diazepam and other psychoactive drugs. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychotropic Drugs'

Definition: A loosely defined grouping of drugs that have effects on psychological function. Here the psychotropic agents include the antidepressive agents, hallucinogens, and tranquilizing agents (including the antipsychotics and anti-anxiety agents).

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D011619

Alternative terms: Psychotropic Drugs; Drugs, Psychotropic; Psychopharmaceuticals; Psychoactive Agents; Agents, Psychoactive; Psychoactive Drugs; Drugs, Psychoactive;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.954.427.700;

Online Note: search ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS & TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1974

History Note: 75; was see under ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS & TRANQUILIZING AGENTS 1974

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specific groups or specific drugs; relation to PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: Manual 27.13