Psychotropic stewardship: Advancing patient care [PDF]
Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPPs) practice in a variety of inpatient and outpatient health care settings as part of collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
Robert J Haight +2 more
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The role of board-certified psychiatric pharmacists in United States foster care: Opportunities to optimize psychotropic medication use [PDF]
Polypharmacy, gaps in transitions of care, and inconsistent medication monitoring contribute to inappropriate psychotropic prescribing among youth in foster care. Additionally, foster care psychotropic prescribing regulations are complex and insufficient.
Danielle L. Stutzman, PharmD, BCPP +5 more
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Board-certified psychiatric pharmacists in substance use disorder treatment: Integration, services, and outcomes across care settings [PDF]
Introduction At present, there is a shortage of clinicians providing substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, thereby limiting access to evidence-based care.
Anuja Vallabh, PharmD, BCPP +9 more
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Trends in psychotropic use among older adults with dementia in Korean long-term care hospitals across the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal study [PDF]
BackgroundDisruptions to routine care and non-pharmacological interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic placed significant stress on dementia care in South Korea’s long-term care (LTC) hospitals, which operate under a medicalized, insurance-integrated ...
Eunjin Kim +2 more
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Foster care psychotropic prescribing regulations are complex and insufficient [PDF]
Introduction Federal and state policymakers, accreditation organizations, and mental health agencies developed standards for evidence-based use of psychotropic medications among youth in foster care.
Danielle L. Stutzman, PharmD, BCPP +5 more
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Psychotropic dispensing in Greek adolescents and young adults: national trends and regional variation [PDF]
PurposeThe study quantified national trends in psychotropic medication dispensing among children and adolescents (0–17 years) and young adults (18–29 years) in Greece during 2020–2024 and characterized patterns by drug class, sex, diagnosis, and region ...
Konstantinos Kassandros +4 more
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Association between high-intensity antibiotic prescribing and prescribing of psychotropic drugs in children: a population-based study [PDF]
Background Studies among adults have found that physicians who are high antibiotic prescribers are also high prescribers of other medications that are frequently overprescribed or prescribed inappropriately.
Nick Daneman +6 more
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Doll therapy in residential dementia care in China: protocol for an exploratory pilot and feasibility mixed-methods cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BackgroundBehavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia commonly drive psychotropic prescribing in residential care. Doll therapy is a person-centered, attachment-informed intervention that may reduce distress and support engagement, but evidence ...
Zhenti Cui +7 more
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Pharmacist-led medication safety interventions to reduce long-acting injectable-related medication incidents during community-to-inpatient transitions of care [PDF]
Long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic formulations can improve outcomes related to poor adherence in psychiatric patients. However, LAIs are known to be high-risk medications that are prone to medication errors, especially during transitions of care.
Kevin Chen, PharmD +3 more
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Positioning psychiatric pharmacists to improve mental health care [PDF]
Psychiatric pharmacy continues to grow and look to the future with a focus on helping individuals recover from mental health and substance use disorders.
Julie A. Dopheide, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP +4 more
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