Commentary: Antipsychotic prescribing practices in the Texas prison system.
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Can clinical practice guide a research agenda?
Articles from this issue of the Bulletin indicate that clinicians are frequently adopting clinical practices that have not been supported by an evidence base. Examples of these practices are prescribing more than one antipsychotic and reserving clozapine for patients who have had multiple antipsychotic trials. This commentary suggests that these practices can be used to define important researc...
متن کاملGuideline, education, and peer comparison to reduce prescriptions of benzodiazepines and low-dose quetiapine in prison.
Benzodiazepines (antianxiety medications) and quetiapine (an antipsychotic medication) are subject to abuse in prison. Quetiapine is also expensive and has serious side effects. The prescription of these medications in prison for anxiety and insomnia is not the preferred choice. In order to reduce these prescriptions, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-University Correctiona...
متن کاملEditor's introduction: antipsychotic prescribing practices.
This commentary is an introduction to a set of articles reviewing antipsychotic prescribing practices for individuals with schizophrenia, noting where these practice patterns conform to or deviate from evidence-based practice, and identifying the pressing research questions raised by these variations. The delineation of practices supported by the evidence base is crucial for the practical conce...
متن کاملEffects of educational outreach visits on prescribing of benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs to elderly patients in primary health care in southern Sweden.
BACKGROUND Different methods have previously been tested to affect GPs' prescribing habits. Attention has been drawn to benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs that are associated with several adverse effects in the elderly. OBJECTIVE To evaluate if educational outreach visits to GP practices can affect the prescribing of benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs to the elderly and to evaluate ...
متن کاملAntiretroviral prescribing patterns in the texas prison system.
PURPOSE: Although prison inmates are reported to exhibit substantially elevated rates of HIV infection, little is known about HIV treatment patterns, particularly pharmacotherapy, in correctional institutions. The purpose of the present study, therefore, was to describe antiretroviral prescribing patterns in one of the nation's largest prison populations.METHODS: The study population consisted ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
دوره 29 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001