Prescribing psychotropic medications in residential aged care facilities

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Editorial

Gerard J Byrne. Med J Aust. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;212(7):304-305.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50562. Epub 2020 Mar 22.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antipsychotic agents; Behavior; Dementia; Prescribing.

Comment on

The dispensing of psychotropic medicines to older people before and after they enter residential aged care.
Harrison SL, Sluggett JK, Lang C, Whitehead C, Crotty M, Corlis M, Wesselingh SL, Inacio MC. Harrison SL, et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Apr;212(7):309-313. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50501. Epub 2020 Feb 11. Med J Aust. 2020. PMID: 32045014

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