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Use of psychotropic medication in an adolescent in-patient unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter McLoughlin ,
David West ,
Jean Phillips  and
Dorothea Holman
Peter McLoughlin*
Affiliation:
123 Little Horton bane, Bradford BD5 0HT
David West
Affiliation:
Linton House, High Royds Hospital Menston, Ilkley
Jean Phillips
Affiliation:
R&D Directorate, Leeds
Dorothea Holman
Affiliation:
Linton House, High Royds Hospital Menston, Ilkley
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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In January 1991, the adolescent in-patient unit in Leeds became a seven-day residential unit. This study set out to review the first five years' intake of patients, with regard to basic demographic details, diagnoses, use of regularly prescribed psychotropic medication and episode length. Using clinical case notes as the primary data source, we reviewed 154 completed patient episodes, representing 128 patients. The study revealed that about a third of patients had been prescribed regular psychotropic medication, and that this group had significantly longer episodes and were significantly more likely to return to the unit than those for whom there had not been regularly prescribed medication.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 9 , September 1998 , pp. 546 - 548
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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