OBJECTIVE Epidemiological data has shown that psychotropic medications are being prescribed to preschoolers at increasing rates. The diagnostic context and functional impairment of these preschoolers remains unknown. This investigation aimed to address these questions in a sample of preschoolers who were either without symptoms (healthy) or with mood and disruptive disorders by assessing them u...

PND11 NatioNal estimates of PrevaleNce aND PatterNs of PsycHotroPic PolyPHarmacy amoNg elDerly iNDiviDuals witH ParkiNsoN’s Disease iN NursiNg Home aND Home HealtHcare settiNgs iN tHe uNiteD states Bhattacharjee S, Goldstone L, Warholak T The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Objectives: Some elderly individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) may suffer from more than one psychiatric comorb...

OBJECTIVES Describe the availability of psychotropic medications for the treatment of mental disorders in the health care facilities of the Ministry of Health of Peru. MATERIALS AND METHODS Monthly inventory reports of the availability and consumption of medications in facilities of the Ministry of Health during 2011 were analyzed. Using a cross sectional design, the availability of seven cla...

High levels of psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy are common for emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth entering residential care. Polypharmacy has often been characterized as an especially serious problem in this vulnerable population. Latent Class Analysis was used to identify medication subgroups for 636 youth in an intensive residential program. Additionally, auxiliary analys...

a r t i c l e i n f o Youth entering residential treatment often present with complex mental health and behavioral needs. As a result, it is not surprising that many of these youth have active prescriptions for psychotropic medications. What is surprising, however, is that very little is known about how psychotropic medications are used for youth who enter residential treatment. Therefore, the ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of pharmacists practicing in Palestine of issues related to using psychotropic medications in older people. METHODS The study was conducted with a cross-sectional observational design using a questionnaire. A total of 400 pharmacists responded to a 19-statement knowledge test related to the use of psychotropic medications in older ...