@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence and prediction of psychotropic drug use in California developmental centers",
journal="American journal on mental retardation",
year="1989",
author="Stone, R. K. and Alvarez, W. F. and Ellman, G. and Hom, A. C. and White, J. F.",
volume="93",
number="6",
pages="627-632",
abstract="The extent of psychotropic drug use was evaluated in California's institutionalized developmentally disabled population (N = 6,450). Mean psychotropic drug use was 35.4% for the entire population (range = 13.7% to 63.6% across institutions), with antipsychotic drug use at 26.8% (range = 11.0% to 59.6%). Psychotropic drug use was positively associated with aggression, IQ, depression, and self-injurious behavior, ps less than .0001; it was inversely associated with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. When the influence of demographic and behavioral factors was controlled, significant institutional differences in drug use remained.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-8017",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}