Psychotropic Polypharmacy and Antipsychotics in Children: A Survey of Caregiver's Perspectives.
Objective: We examined caregiver's knowledge, attitudes, and concerns about their child's psychotropic medication regimen and the potential side effects, describe how they seek information regarding treatment, and ascertain their perspectives toward deprescribing. Methods: We surveyed 48 caregivers...
| Publicado en: | Community Mental Health Journal Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 512 - 517 |
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