Management of antipsychotics in primary care: Insights from healthcare professionals and policy makers in the United Kingdom.
Alan A WoodallAseel S AbuzourSamantha A WilsonFrances S MairIain BuchanSally B SheardPaul AtkinsonDan W JoycePyers SymonLauren E WalkerPublished in: PloS one (2024)
People prescribed antipsychotics experience a fragmented health system and suboptimal care. Several interventions could be taken to improve care for this population, but inadequate availability of non-pharmacological interventions and socioeconomic factors increasing mental distress need policy change to improve outcomes. The role of professionals' fear of medicolegal or regulatory censure inhibiting antipsychotic deprescribing was a new finding in this study.