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Change in neuroleptic prescribing practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

James P. Warner ,
Richard Slade  and
Thomas R. E. Barnes
James P. Warner*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2QG
Richard Slade
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX
Thomas R. E. Barnes
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PZ
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Concerns about the use of high doses of neuroleptic medication prompted an audit of prescriptions of these drugs in a large psychiatric hospital. Following an initial audit in 1991 of 196 patients, a follow-up of 192 patients was undertaken in 1993. A significant reduction in levels of neuroleptic medication was found, although doses still tended to remain high.

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Audit
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , April 1995 , pp. 237 - 239
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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