Aspects of the use of psychoactive medication among people with intellectual disabilities who have been resettled from long-stay hospitals into dispersed housing

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作者
Fleming, I [1 ]
Caine, A [1 ]
Ahmed, S [1 ]
Smith, S [1 ]
机构
[1] BIRCH HILL HOSP,DEPT CLIN PSYCHOL,ROCHDALE,ENGLAND
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10.1111/j.1468-3148.1996.tb00109.x
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 [心理学]; 040202 [发展与教育心理学];
摘要
Aspects of the use of psychoactive medication were assessed among 118 adults with intellectual disabilities who had been resettled from long-stay hospitals into two local dispersed housing services. The resulting data indicated that (1) 69% of people were receiving psychoactive medication primarily for the control of challenging behaviour; (2) only 8% had psychiatric diagnoses; (3) polypharmacy was frequent and (4) medication was continued over long periods sometimes without review. The prescribing practices of general practitioners tended to follow those inherited from the long-stay hospitals. The findings are compared with recent policy statements concerning the use of anti-psychotic medication and the need for multidisciplinary medication audit, and contrasted with evidence for the greater efficacy of non-pharmacological alternatives.
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