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Tag Archives: Antipsychotics-Related Mortality Risks
NICE Update on Antipsychotics for People With Dementia (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has again updated their summary of evidence on the use (or withdrawal) of antipsychotics for people living with dementia. This document is not a formal NICE guideline. Full Text Link … Continue reading →
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Update to Evidence on Antipsychotics in People With Dementia (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published an updated summary of the evidence on safer use (or withdrawal) of antipsychotics for people living with dementia. This document is not a formal NICE guideline. Full Text … Continue reading →
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Review of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Dementia-Related Agitation: Including a Brief Analysis of the Risks and Benefits of Drug Treatments (Translational Psychiatry)
Summary A recently published literature review evaluates the best available evidence on the effectiveness of various non-pharmacological interventions for reducing dementia-related agitation. The author also briefly addresses current viewpoints on balancing the risks and benefits of pharmacotherapy in the management … Continue reading →
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National Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health (PHE / King’s Fund / LSE PSSRU / UCL / CfMH / British Journal of Psychiatry / BBC News)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has released a collection of related documents aimed primarily at local public health workers, designed to help identify cost-effective local mental health interventions. This new “concordat” tool aims to prevent mental health problems (a Five … Continue reading →
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Historic Reduction in the Use of Antipsychotics for BPSD in UK General Practice? (Drug Safety)
Summary Data from 111,346 patients with dementia but without a concomitant diagnosis of psychosis indicates that prescribing of certain categories of antipsychotic drugs did reduce from 8.9% in 2001 to 1.4% in 2014. At face value, this reduction in inappropriate … Continue reading →
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Immovable Antipsychotic Prescribing Practices in Care Homes? (BMJ Open)
Summary Incredible as it may seem, and contrary to years of high-level campaigning plus the circulation of awareness raising reports and guidelines, antipsychotic prescribing in long-term residential care in England did not, in fact, decline measurably during the four years … Continue reading →
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Introducing the Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (JGCR)
Summary The Journal of Geriatric Care and Research (ISSN 2397-5628) is a recently launched, locally edited, multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed international journal, which covers topics of relevance to the care of the elderly. Concerning Guidelines on the Use of Antipsychotics for Agitation … Continue reading →
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