OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and correlates of antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP)
across decades and regions. METHODS: Electronic PubMed/Google Scholar search for …

Methods We conducted an electronic search in PubMed for correlates of APP (last update
September 09, 2011), using the following key words:“(antipsychotic OR antipsychotics OR …

There are great variations in the way psychotropic drugs are prescribed. Most experts are in
favour of psychopharmacological monotherapy, but little is known about the extent to which …

Objective: To perform a retrospective survey of discharge medications at a tertiary care
psychiatric facility and to assess the incidence of antipsychotic polypharmacy. Method: This …

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SCHIZOPHRENIA: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO RESEARCH AND TREATMENT MJ …

Aims To assess the potential for interactions involving cytochromes P450 2D6 (CYP2D6)
and 3A4 (CYP3A4) between drugs prescribed in a city in‐patient psychiatric service …

Guidelines on the prescription of benzodiazepines recommend their use be limited to the
short-term relief of severe anxiety or insomnia. However, clinical experience suggests that in …

Despite the fact that most antipsychotics have only been formally evaluated for the treatment
of schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, mania, and schizoaffective disorder (defined …

This report describes the extent and pattern of use of depot neuroleptics within the 21 adult
civil psychiatric hospitals operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). All …

Serial surveys of the prescribing practices of psychiatrists for schizophrenic out-patients over
1970–88 showed important changes. During the interval 1970–83, polypharmacy and the …