Psychomotor agitation in psychiatry: an Italian Expert Consensus
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1 Department of Mental Health, Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy; University of Brescia, School of Medicine, Brescia, Italy; 2 Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; 3 Department of Psychiatry, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy; 4 Department of Mental Health, ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy; 5 Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Sensory Organs Department, Sapienza University of Rome, School of Medicine and Psychology; Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy; 6 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatric Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 7 Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy; 8 Primary Care Physician, Rome, Italy; 9 Department of Neuroscience, A.O. Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milan, Italy
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