Emergency Department Visits by Adults for Psychiatric Medication Adverse Events
JAMA PsychiatryPublished 9 July 2014Open access
Lee M. Hampton, Matthew Daubresse, Hsien‐Yen Chang, G. Caleb Alexander, Daniel S. Budnitz
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Abstract
Psychiatric medications are implicated in many ADEs treated in US EDs. Efforts to reduce ADEs should include adults of all ages but might prioritize medications causing high numbers and rates of ED visits.
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