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Guidelines on antipsychotics for dementia — are we losing our minds?
Author(s)	Camilla Haw, Graeme Yorston, Jean Stubbs
Journal title	Psychiatric Bulletin, vol 33, no 2, February 2009
Pages	pp 57-60
Source	http://pb.rcpsych.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Symptoms ; Drugs ; Standards of provision ; Attitude ; Psychiatrists.
Annotation	The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have each issued guidance on the use of antipsychotics for behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD). The authors sent all old age psychiatrists an anonymous questionnaire asking for their opinions on these documents and for details of their use of antipsychotics for BPSD. The response rate was 202 out of 648 (31.2%). The two documents, though similar in content provoked very different responses, with the College guidance being much more favourably received. All respondents prescribed antipsychotics for BPSD, most commonly quetiapine. When prescribing antipsychotics for behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia, psychiatrists should take both NICE and College guidelines into account and use their clinical judgement. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100225202 A
Classmark	EA: EP: CT: LLD: 583: DP: QT9
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