Pharmacotherapy for personality disorder-prescribing practice at a high secure hospital: A preliminary report
| dc.contributor.author | D'Silva, Karen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chadwick, Karen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Egleston, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Milton, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferriter, Michael | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abdelrazek, Tarek | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-20T16:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-20T16:00:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | D'Silva, K., Chadwick, K., Egleston, P., Milton, J., Ferriter, M. & Abdelrazek, T. (2013). Pharmacotherapy for personality disorder-prescribing practice at a high secure hospital: A preliminary report. Personality and Mental Health, 7 (1), pp.22-27. | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1002/pmh.1205 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/9472 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to examine the prescription of psychotropic medication for patients with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) detained at Rampton High Secure Hospital, compared with that for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness. The name and the dose of psychotropic medication prescribed for each patient in the sample, on 2 July 2010, were examined. Although nearly all patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness were prescribed psychotropic medication (98%), the percentage within the Personality Disorder (73%) and the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder services (62%) was also high, with the most commonly prescribed drug being an antipsychotic in all groups. The dose of antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medication was lower for patients with a primary diagnosis of PD, and clozapine was the antipsychotic of choice for a significant proportion of these patients. Medication may have a key role to play in the management of some groups of patients with PD.; Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | |
| dc.description.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmh.1205/full | |
| dc.subject | Dangerous and severe personality disorder | |
| dc.subject | Personality disorders | |
| dc.subject | High security facilities | |
| dc.subject | Pharmacology | |
| dc.title | Pharmacotherapy for personality disorder-prescribing practice at a high secure hospital: A preliminary report | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| html.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to examine the prescription of psychotropic medication for patients with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) detained at Rampton High Secure Hospital, compared with that for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness. The name and the dose of psychotropic medication prescribed for each patient in the sample, on 2 July 2010, were examined. Although nearly all patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness were prescribed psychotropic medication (98%), the percentage within the Personality Disorder (73%) and the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder services (62%) was also high, with the most commonly prescribed drug being an antipsychotic in all groups. The dose of antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medication was lower for patients with a primary diagnosis of PD, and clozapine was the antipsychotic of choice for a significant proportion of these patients. Medication may have a key role to play in the management of some groups of patients with PD.; Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |