[Prevalence of psychotropic and anti-epileptic drug use in mentally handicapped students].
Treatment with psychotropic and anticonvulsant drugs was examined in students attending special schools for the mentally retarded in Hamburg (n = 459). Psychotropic drugs were taken by 2.8% and anticonvulsant drugs by 16.3%. Medication did not vary by age or sex. These results are discussed with regard both to the results of other research done with mentally retarded students and to representative samples of children and adolescents in the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Psychiatrischen Klinik der Universität Hamburg.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
Psychopharmaka- und Antiepileptikaprävalenz bei geistig behinderten Schülern.