title: [Pharmacologic interventions in agitated mentally retarded patients].
abstract: Aggressive behavior of mental retardates is a frequent problem which semiological description is very polymorphic. Some psychiatric etiologies are listed, and then the different aspects of idiopathic aggressive behavior are described. These aspects give guidelines for more specific treatments which are further reviewed. Preferential indications and side effects are described for each in a way to suggest a therapeutic strategy. At the end, legal aspects involved are briefly exposed.
authors.affiliation: Hôpitaux psychiatriques de la Seine, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sidoun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hillel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grunberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elie
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Les interventions pharmacologiques chez les déficients mentaux agites.