Prescribing Practices for Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder During Psychiatric Hospitalizations.
Autor: Romanowicz, Magdalena; Schak, Kathryn M.; Vande Voort, Jennifer L.; Leung, Jonathan G.; Larrabee, Beth R.; Palmer, Brian A.
Publication year: 2020
Journal of personality disorders
issn:1943-2763 0885-579X
doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_405
Abstract:
This study aimed to understand prescribing practices during acute psychiatric hospitalization in a large cohort of patients (N = 569) with borderline personality disorder (BPD) at a tertiary care psychiatry unit from January 1, 2013, through January 1, 2015. The mean number of hospitalizations per patient was 1.5 (range, 1-7). The odds of being prescribed antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, hypnotics, or anxiolytics were higher at discharge than at admission. The rate of psychotropic prescriptions was also higher at discharge than at admission (incidence rate ratio, 1.9). This pattern was true for the combined psychotropic and nonpsychotropic (“medical”) prescriptions. Further guidelines are needed regarding optimal psychosocial, medical, and psychopharmacological care of patients with BPD during acute psychiatric hospitalizations.
Language: eng
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Pmid: 30742548
Tags: Humans; Hospitalization; acute care; polypharmacy; psychopharmacology; *Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use; *Borderline Personality Disorder/drug therapy/epidemiology; evidence-based treatment; Psychotropic Drugs/therapeutic use
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30742548/
