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Evaluation of the Clinical Significance of Assessing Previous Gambling Problems Before Initiating Antipsychotic Treatment: An Audit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2024

Evelyn Farthing
Evelyn Farthing*
Affiliation:
GMMH, Manchester, United Kingdom
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*Presenting author.
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Abstract

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Aims

This audit aims to address the critical link between antipsychotics and impulsive behaviors, particularly pathological gambling, by emphasizing the importance of assessing patients' gambling history before initiating antipsychotic treatment. The focus is on patients under the care of the Bolton Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIT) service, with the aim of meeting the standard set by NICE guidelines, ensuring that 100% of patients started on antipsychotics are asked about their previous gambling history.

Methods

Data was collected from prescription and shared care protocol lists for patients prescribed antipsychotics in the last six months. The PARIS progress notes and clinical correspondence were then searched to determine if patients had been asked about gambling.

Results

The audit revealed a significant gap in the practice, with minimal adherence to NICE guidelines regarding assessing gambling history before prescribing antipsychotics. Out of 35 patients, only one was asked about gambling history.

Conclusion

The recommendations for improvement include incorporating a gambling prompt into the medical review proforma, educating the team about the importance of this assessment, and adding the Problem Gambling Severity Index to the initial review by EIT.

Type
5 Audit
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 10 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2024, 17–20 June , June 2024 , pp. S232
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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