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Psychiatry

Antipsychotic use in Children and the Elderly

Provide physicians with knowledge of their antipsychotic prescription practice profile and monitoring program for patients on these medications.

Clinical Queries: Atypical Antipsychotics in the Elderly

Participants received information on the provincial trends for prescribing atypical antipsychotics in seniors and also a snapshot of the prescribing patterns in their own elderly patients.

Antipsychotic and sedative medication use in seniors admitted to Calgary hospitalists

Calgary zone hospitalists partnered with the Physician Learning Program to examine prescribing practices and determine if facilitated educational sessions could result in increased adherence to the principles of deprescribing and appropriate use of antipsychotics and sedatives in seniors.

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