An Audit of the Prescribing and Monitoring of Antipsychotic Medication in an Older Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Ward Using NICE Guidance [CG178] Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults: Prevention and Management

Aims The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) offers guidance for prescribing and monitoring of antipsychotic medications. In this audit we sought to investigate if our unit was compliant with this guidance. Methods The audit was carried out on a 28 bedded older adult inpatient...

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Published in:BJPsych Open
Main Authors: Alaa Shabaka, Thomas Parry, Mary Ugah, Stephen De Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2024-06-01
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472424005544/type/journal_article