ADMINISTRATION OF MOOD STABILIZERS IN SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

Subjects were inpatients of our hospital whose main diagnoses were mental retardation. Patients with comorbid epilepsy were excluded, 26 of 73 inpatients were studied. Subjects were divided into 2 groups according to their severity of abnormal behavior. Our result suggested that mood stabilizers wer...

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Published inJapanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 115 - 117
Main Authors HOSOKAWA, Tetsuya, KODAMA, Hidetoshi, TAKIZAWA, Shouichi, YANAI, Ichiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1998
一般社団法人 国立医療学会
Subjects
abnormal behavior
mental retardation
mood stabilizer
severely mentally retarded patients
気分安定薬
精神発達遅滞
行動異常
重度心身障害児・者
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ISSN0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI10.11261/iryo1946.52.115

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Summary:Subjects were inpatients of our hospital whose main diagnoses were mental retardation. Patients with comorbid epilepsy were excluded, 26 of 73 inpatients were studied. Subjects were divided into 2 groups according to their severity of abnormal behavior. Our result suggested that mood stabilizers were prescribed more frequently in the severely-abnormal-behavior group than moderately-abnormal-behavior group in severely mentally retarded inpatients.
ISSN:0021-1699
1884-8729
DOI:10.11261/iryo1946.52.115