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

Medicines are a major treatment modality for many mental illnesses, and with the growing
burden of mental disorders worldwide pharmacists are ideally positioned to play a greater …

Context Psychotropic medication polypharmacy is common in psychiatric outpatient settings
and, in some patient groups, may have increased in recent years. Objective To examine …

These guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology address the scope
and targets of pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia. A consensus meeting, involving …

Atypical antipsychotic medications are increasingly used for a wide range of clinical
indications in diverse populations, including privately and publicly insured youth and elderly …

Antipsychotic polypharmacy refers to the co-prescription of more than one antipsychotic drug
for an individual patient. Surveys of prescribing in psychiatric services internationally have …

OBJECTIVE: This study describes recent trends and patterns in antipsychotic treatment of
privately insured children aged 2 through 5 years. METHOD: A trend analysis is presented of …

Antipsychotic polypharmacy remains prevalent; it has probably increased for the treatment of
schizophrenia in real-world clinical settings. The current evidence suggests some clinical …

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 …

Method: Using a province-wide network that links all pharmacies in British Columbia,
Canada, to a central set of data systems, we identified community mental health outpatients …