title: Intramuscular antipsychotics: clinical experience review.
abstract: Acute agitation is a therapeutic dilemma. Rapid control of agitation is necessary to minimize danger both to recipients of care and to caregivers. Although a comprehensive assessment may ultimately be necessary to determine the cause of agitation and to identify or exclude underlying medical illness, it is often imperative to treat agitation immediately. In this imperfect clinical world, it is essential to have treatments that are both safe and effective for patients with a wide variety of causes of agitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Currier
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: E Bradshaw
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Bunney
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jagoda
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zimbroff
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents