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Perhaps No Such Thing as Healthy Obesity? (BBC News / NHS Choices / EurekAlert!)

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Analysis of UK GP records by researchers at the University of Birmingham indicates that otherwise “metabolically healthy” obese people do have a statistically higher chance of heart disease, stroke or mini stroke (transient ischaemic attack) and heart failure compared … Continue reading →

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Over-Medication of People With Learning Disabilities? (BBC News / BMJ / PHE)

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Analysis of GP data over a decade has revealed that over one quarter of 33,000 adults with learning disabilities (and / or some forms of dementia) may have been prescribed antipsychotics unnecessarily, usually as a result of challenging behaviour. … Continue reading →

Posted in Antipsychotics, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Anxiolytics and Hypnotics (Including Benzodiazepines), Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, BBC Health News, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Challenging Behaviour, Chemical Restraint, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Drugs for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Improving Prescribing Practice, Inappropriate Prescribing, Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Learning Disabilities, Mood Stabilisers, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Over-Medication, Over-Medication for People With Learning Disabilities, Over-Prescribing, Overprescribing, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Learning Disabilities, Prescription of Psychotropic Drugs, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London (Royal Free Campus), The Health Improvement Network (THIN), University College London | Leave a comment

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