Healio (1/31, Herpen) reports, “For individuals prescribed antipsychotic medication, nonadherence, along with switching and stopping medication, was associated with increases in acute care utilization,” investigators concluded in a study that “included 577 individuals with schizophrenia, 795 with bipolar disorder and 618 who were prescribed antipsychotics but lacked a diagnosis of either illness.” The findings were published online Jan. 24 in BMC Psychiatry.
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— “Nonadherence, switching, stopping antipsychotics linked to more acute care utilization “Robert Herpen, Healio, January 31, 2023