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Tag Archives: Hypnotics
Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs in Care Homes (NHS Choices / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
Summary The NHS Choices “Behind the Headlines” service has drawn attention to a further study raising concern over the prescribing of psychotropic medicines for elderly people living in care homes. The study in question examined how psychotropic drugs – i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Northern Ireland, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Anxiolytics, Atypical Antipsychotics, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Belfast, Care Homes, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Checking Medication, Dementia Care in Care Homes, Human Rights in Care Homes, Hypnotics, Institute of Clinical Sciences: Queen's University Belfast, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Managing Transitions, Medication, National Data Linkage Study, Pharmacoepidemiology, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Psychotropic Drugs, Queen's University Belfast, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Residential Care Homes, Sedatives
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Antipsychotic Prescribing for Dementia Patients Declines in UK (BMJ Open)
Summary A cohort study into the pattern and trends in the use of antipsychotics and antidepressants etc. in Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias has discovered that antipsychotic prescribing by GPs did fall markedly from 20% in 1995 to around 7% … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychotics, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors, AChEI, Antidementia Medications, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing in UK Mental Health Services, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Anxiolytics, Atypical Antipsychotics, BMJ Open, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Hypnotics, Im Dinkelfeld (Frankfurt), Memantine, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Research Institute for the Care of Older People: Royal United Hospital (Bath), Royal United Hospital (Bath), UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)
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