Antipsychotic management in general practice: serial cross-sectional study (2011–2020)
Prevalence of long-term antipsychotic use is increasing. More patients are managed by GPs without psychiatrist review and are not on monitored disease registers; they thus may be less likely to undergo cardiometabolic monitoring and miss opportunities to optimise or deprescribe antipsychotics. These trends pose risks for patients and need to be addressed urgently.
Authors
- Iain Buchan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3392-1650)
- Alan Woodall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2933-0508)
- Frances S Mair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9780-1135)
- Sally Sheard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-9120)
- Lauren Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-4387)
- Alexandra Gampel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-5818)
- Pyers Symon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6499-8442)
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- Bronllys Hospital (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2024.0367
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research