The prescribing of neuroleptic drugs for people with learning disabilities living in Leicestershire
Autor: | D. Branford, C. F. Thorp, R. A. Collacott |
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Rok vydání: | 1995 |
Předmět: |
Neuroleptic Drugs
medicine.medical_specialty Social Environment Drug Prescriptions Residential Facilities State Medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Intellectual Disability Epidemiology medicine Humans Medical prescription Psychiatry Royaume uni Reino unido Dose-Response Relationship Drug Learning Disabilities business.industry Rehabilitation Social Behavior Disorders Drug Utilization Psychiatry and Mental health England Neurology Learning disability Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business Social Adjustment Antipsychotic Agents |
Zdroj: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 39:495-500 |
ISSN: | 0964-2633 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00569.x |
Popis: | Neuroleptics are prescribed for 23% of individuals with learning disabilities resident in Leicestershire, England. The rate of neuroleptic prescription is significantly higher in individuals resident in N.H.S. facilities (44%) than in non-N.H.S. managed community facilities (13%). Significantly higher doses of neuroleptics are prescribed to individuals resident in N.H.S. facilities. However, ratings for the level of behavioural disturbance were significantly higher in N.H.S. facilities. The decision to prescribe neuroleptics was associated with disturbed behaviour, and higher doses of neuroleptic medication prescribed were associated with more disturbed behaviour. |
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