## Abstract ## Background Psychiatric and behavioural symptoms in dementia are associated with a range of negative outcomes, including institutional placement and the widespread use of psychotropic drugs in spite of limited evidence for their efficacy. ## Aims To determine the prevalence of psyc
Prevalence and correlates of illicit and non-medical use of psychotropic drugs in Japan
β Scribed by Mayumi Tominaga; Norito Kawakami; Yutaka Ono; Yoshibumi Nakane; Yoshikazu Nakamura; Hisateru Tachimori; Noboru Iwata; Hidenori Uda; Hideyuki Nakane; Makoto Watanabe; Yoichi Naganuma; Toshiaki A. Furukawa; Yukihiro Hata; Masayo Kobayashi; Yuko Miyake; Tadashi Takeshima; Takehiko Kikkawa
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1433-9285
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