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Early detection of antipsychotic side-effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert Chaplin ,
Julie Gordon  and
Tom Burns
Julie Gordon
Affiliation:
South West London & St George's Mental Health Service, Springfield Hospital 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
Tom Burns
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St George's Hospital London
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Abstract

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Aims and methods

Staff from five community mental health teams (CMHTs) were trained to use structured rating scales for akathisia, tardive dyskinesia and Parkinsonism. Detection rates of these side-effects were compared for the six months before and after the intervention.

Results

Fifty-seven per cent of the target professionals participated, screening 200 (52%) eligible patients. This resulted in significant increases in the recording of all three side-effects as positive but no increase in their formal diagnosis.

Clinical implications

Detection rates of these side-effects can be increased to those predicted by research with significant reductions in drug dose and non-adherence and without clinical deterioration.

Type
Original Papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 11: The Journal of Trends in Psychiatric Practice , November 1999 , pp. 657 - 660
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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 Royal College of Psychiatrists

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