Antipsychotics use among older adults increases with age

21 octubre 2015

Researchers find antipsychotic use among older adults increases with age despite known health risks. In 2010, more than three quarters of seniors receiving an antipsychotic prescription had no documented clinical psychiatric diagnosis during the year. In addition, among those who did have a diagnosed mental disorder and/or dementia, nearly half of the oldest patients had dementia, regardless of FDA warnings that antipsychotics increase mortality in people with dementia.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151021135614.htm

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