Differences In Antipsychotic Prescriptions In Relationship To Physician Demographics And In-patient Setting At An Inner-city hospital – A Prospective Cohort Study

Introduction Antipsychotics are medications with an array of FDA approved indications in the field psychiatry including Schizophrenia, Bipolar Mania, Depression, Maintenance treatment for Disorder, Schizoaffective as well Adjunct Unipolar Depression and Tic disorders, among other non-adult patients. widely used psychiatric inpatient units throughout United States, globally. We observed trends antipsychotic use 3 different adult same patient demographics located within one inner city hospital Bronx over a period 4 months. correlated choice to prescribing physician’s training/date graduation from residency reported results. Objectives Identify antipsychotics by psychiatrists. Correlate dates each psychiatrists training they chose. whether accuried decades has influenced psychiatrics pick certain antipsychotics. Methods obtained (Physicians 1, 2 3) assigned which share inner-city Bronx. record total hospitalizations February 10 th 2022 June all units. The principal diagnoses (300 patients) were reviewed patients that do not have approval excluded. Among remaining (267) we compared prescription grouped according choice. then groups three units/prescribing physician years training. presented table. Results Physician 1 who trained 1980 1984 prescribed: 87% HALDOL 13 % Chlorpromazine. 1992 1996 91 PALIPERIDONE 9% Risperidone. 2003 2007 60 ABILIFY 40% Olanzapine. Conclusions earliest date mainly HALDOL, first-generation antipsychotic, treat disorders use. most recent date, ARIPIPRAZOLE, third-generation disorder their between them, (PALIPERIDONE), second-generation disorders. Disclosure Interest None Declared