New Report Shows Decrease in Use of Antipsychotic Drugs in the Elderly in Nursing Homes
Latest report released by CMS shows the use of antipsychotic drugs in the elderly in long-stay nursing homes has been steadily decreasing since 2011
Recent Suicide is Third in Florida’s Foster Care System in Less Than a Year
A recent Miami Herald article reported that a third Florida foster child has committed suicide and is the third in less than a year for Florida’s foster care system.
Congressman Asks GAO to Investigate VA’s Drug-Centric Approach to PTSD
Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado, a veteran himself, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the “VA’s psychoactive drug-centric mental health standard for our veterans.”
New Report Shows Antidepressant Use Up
A new report shows that monthly antidepressant use by people 12 and older was close to 13%. Coincidentally, suicides in the U.S. are at an all time high.
Recent Study Shows Impaired Cognitive Abilities After Prenatal Exposure to Psychotropic Drugs
A recently published study in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica by a group of researchers in Denmark investigated and found an association between prenatal exposure to psychotropic drugs and long-term cognitive impairment in school-age children.
A Note to Our DoD and VA Health Systems: Psychiatrists Cannot Drug a Person Back to Feeling Safe with Polypharmacy
While the VA and DoD have done some research in non-drug options, there is a heavy reliance on polypharmacy with psychiatric drugs even after the FDA required the black box warning on antidepressants for increased suicide risk.