title: [Treatment with psychotropic drugs in various facilities for mentally handicapped patients].
abstract: 798 mentally retarded adults (> 19 years) in different types of residential care were studied with regard to psychotropic drug treatment and associated behaviour problems. The frequency of psychotropic medication amounts to 11.2% for residents of community-based group homes, 31.4% for residents of large institutions and 74.6% for long-term care patients of a Psychiatric Clinic. Neuroleptics were the most often prescribed drugs. After controlling for the degree of mental retardation, it could be shown that for persons with behaviour problems the probability of psychotropic drug treatment was 3 times as high in the group homes, and 5.7 times as high in the large institutions, as for the corresponding groups without behaviour problems.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische und Nervenklinik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auwetter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krausz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Turnier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D016352:Group Homes; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Behandlung mit Psychopharmaka in unterschiedlichen Einrichtungen für geistig Behinderte.