Ethical issues on psychotropic medication for people with learning disabilities,
Date
2010
Authors
Advisors
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Journal ISSN
ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Emerald
Type
Article
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
There is an over use of psyhotropic medication with people with learning disabilities. Many of these individuals do not have the capacity to understand and retain the relevant information about the use and effectiveness of medication. Professionals and health care practitioners need to be fully aware of the ethical and legal issues in the use and administration of psychotropic medication
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Keywords
Learning disabilities, intellectual disability, medication, ethical and legal issues
Citation
Raghavan, R. and Patel, P. (2010) Ethical issues on psychotropic medication for people with learning disabilities. Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 4 (3), pp. 34-38.