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Psychotropic prescribing for English care home residents with dementia compared with national guidance: findings from the MARQUE national longitudinal study

BACKGROUND: Despite policy pressure and concerns regarding the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines, many care home residents with dementia are prescribed psychotropic medication, often off licence. This is the first large study to report psychotropic prescribing and ‘as required’ administratio...

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Autores principales: La Frenais, Francesca, Vickerstaff, Victoria, Cooper, Claudia, Livingston, Gill, Stone, Patrick, Sampson, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8485345/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.21