MEDICINE: Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability

Audio Journal of Medicine, January 4th, 2008 Non Drug Intervention: Better Than Antipsychotic Drugs for Aggressive Challenging Behaviour in Intellectual Disability PETER TYRER, Imperial College, W6 8RP London REFERENCE: Lancet 371:57 January 5, 2008 A randomized study comparing treatment with risperidone, or haloperidol, or placebo to treat patients who have intellectual disability presenting with a syndrome commonly labelled as "aggressive challenging behaviour" has shown that the anti-psychotic medicines gave no benefit. Peter Goodwin met up with Professor Peter Tyrer at London's Imperial College to ask him about the study.

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