Clozapine Use Among People With Psychotic Disorders Who Experience Specific Indications for Clozapine.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To examine rates of clozapine use among people with psychotic disorders who experience specific indications for clozapine.Methods: Records data from 11 integrated health systems identified patients aged 18 years or older with recorded International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification, diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or other psychotic disorder who experienced any of the 3 events between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019, suggesting indications for clozapine: a diagnosis of self-harm injury or poisoning, suicidal ideation diagnosed or in response to standardized assessments, and hospitalization or emergency department (ED) care for psychotic disorder despite treatment with 2 or more antipsychotic medica

SUBMITTER: Simon GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11798588 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature