Patterns of suboptimal antipsychotic use and misuse in Australia: What can routinely collected data tell us?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

There are increasing concerns about harms related to suboptimal antipsychotic use. Here we describe recent population-based trends in antipsychotic use and harms in Australia and identify population groups exhibiting patterns of use likely to contribute to these harms.

Methods

Using population-based data from the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (2015-2020), poisoning calls to the New South Wales (NSW) Poisons Information Centre (2015-2020) and poisoning deaths in all coronial records (2005-2018) in Australia, we measured trends in the prevalence of antipsychotic use and related deaths and poisonings. We applied latent class analyses to identify patterns of antipsychotic use that may contribute to harms.

Results

Quetiapine and olanzapine had the highest

SUBMITTER: Brett J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10953398 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature