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Peer reviewedFindholt, Nancy E.; Emmett, Catherine G. – Mental Retardation, 1990
A multidisciplinary team, including representatives from medicine, psychology, and residential living, examined 436 mentally retarded residents' regimen of psychotropic medications, with the goal of finding the least restrictive method of behavior management and lowest drug dosage. Significant reductions in psychotropic drug use were observed,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
