title: [Psychotropic drugs outside of psychiatry, especially in advanced age].
abstract: The following main rules will optimate use of psychopharmaca: 1) The 3 main groups of psychopharmaca have to be ordered according to clear cut target symptoms: tranquilizer, neuroleptics, antidepressants. 2) Dosage must be rational and individual. Administration has to be long enough (antidepressants) and short enough (tranquilizers) according to chemical group, to secure efficacy and to avoid addiction. 3) The 2 polar dimensions: more agitating and more tireding, have to be used deliberately. 4) Danger of drug addiction and other unfavourable side effects must be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Neuro-Rehabilitation und -Prophylaxe, Landes-Nervenkrankenhauses Valduna.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Barolin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Psychopharmaka ausserhalb der Psychiatrie, insbesondere im höheren Lebensalter.