Topics in Geriatrics

Psychoactive Drugs Misused in Rest Homes, Study Shows, Psychiatr News March 3, 1989, p 25.

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Psychiatry Drug Alerts : Psychoactive Medications in Rest Homes. Millburn, NJ, MJ Powers & Co, 1989.

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Jenike MA Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology: A Clinical Approach. Chicago, IL, Year Book Medical Publishers , 1989.

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Bienenfeld D. , Brott T. : Capgras' syndrome following minor head trauma . J Clin Psychiatry 1989;50:68-69.

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Clin Psychiatry News, March, 1989, p 1.

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Lazarus LW : Pharmacokinetics in the elderly population and its implications for trade name-generic switches, J Clin Psychiatry 1989 ;7:17-19.

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Jenike MA Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology: A Clinical Approach. Chicago, IL, Year Book Medical Publishers , 1989.