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Side effects of antipsychotic drugs

Avoiding and minimizing their impact in elderly patients

Bruce L. Saltz Dr Saltz is owner and president of Mental Health Advocates, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Drs Woerner, Robinson, and Kane are on the faculty of Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York. Drs Woerner and Robinson are on the research faculty and Dr Kane is chairman, department of psychiatry, and chief of staff and Dr W. Richard Feinberg Professor in Schizophrenia Research, Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York.Correspondence[email protected]
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Margaret G. Woerner Dr Saltz is owner and president of Mental Health Advocates, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Drs Woerner, Robinson, and Kane are on the faculty of Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York. Drs Woerner and Robinson are on the research faculty and Dr Kane is chairman, department of psychiatry, and chief of staff and Dr W. Richard Feinberg Professor in Schizophrenia Research, Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York.
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Delbert G. Robinson Dr Saltz is owner and president of Mental Health Advocates, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Drs Woerner, Robinson, and Kane are on the faculty of Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York. Drs Woerner and Robinson are on the research faculty and Dr Kane is chairman, department of psychiatry, and chief of staff and Dr W. Richard Feinberg Professor in Schizophrenia Research, Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York.
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John M. Kane Dr Saltz is owner and president of Mental Health Advocates, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Drs Woerner, Robinson, and Kane are on the faculty of Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York. Drs Woerner and Robinson are on the research faculty and Dr Kane is chairman, department of psychiatry, and chief of staff and Dr W. Richard Feinberg Professor in Schizophrenia Research, Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York.
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Pages 169-178 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

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