Key Issues for Medicines Management in Inpatient Settings

John Baker, Joy Duxbury, Jim Turner

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedingChapter

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMedicines Management in Mental Health Care|Med. Manage. in Mental Health Care
    Place of PublicationChichester
    PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
    Pages223-244
    Number of pages21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Oct 2009

    Keywords

    • Benzodiazepine use in inpatient settings
    • High doses and polypharmacy
    • Key issues for medicines management in inpatient settings
    • National Patient Safety Agency and four patient safety incidents (PSIs)
    • PRN psychotropic medication
    • Psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs)
    • Psychotropic medicines - treatment option in inpatient mental health settings
    • Service users' perceptions of medication and in inpatient settings
    • Trials in emergency psychiatry and studies of medicines for aggression management
    • Use of pro re nata (PRN) psychotropic medication

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