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Antipsychotic dose: from research to clinical practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Chaplin  and
Sean McGuigan
Robert Chaplin*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
Sean McGuigan
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Sciences, St. George's Hospital, Medical School
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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A case note study of antipsychotic prescribing in an inner London hospital showed that although doses of individual drugs were below the British National Formulary limits, polypharmacy occurred in a third of cases. Multiple regression analysis showed high doses were associated with a current risk to the self or others and increasing number of previous admissions in patients with mania and treatment non-responsiveness in schizophrenia.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 452 - 454
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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