scholarly journals Educational Gradients in Psychotropic Medication Use Among Older Adults in Costa Rica and the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 1218-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Elena Domino ◽  
William H. Dow ◽  
Fernando Coto-Yglesias
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Psychotropic Medication ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
The United States

Improving psychotropic medication use among persons with dementia

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1587-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donovan T. Maust
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Psychotropic Medication ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Limited Evidence

The use of psychotropic medication among persons with dementia (PWD) both in nursing home (Wetzels et al., 2011) and community settings (Maust et al., 2016) far exceeds what might be expected based on their limited evidence for benefit (Kales et al., 2015). This relatively high use persists despite years of evidence about the potential harms associated with their use in older adults generally and PWD in particular (e.g. Wang et al., 2001; Schneider et al., 2005). However, the solution to relatively high psychotropic use is not to end all psychotropic use, as there are individual patients for whom use of such medication is appropriate. For example, a policy that defines all antipsychotic use as inappropriate may simply lead to increased use of alternatives with even less evidence of benefit, as suggested by the response to antipsychotics’ black box warning in the United States (Kales et al., 2011).

Aerobic Fitness and Neurocognitive Performance in Older Adults from Costa Rica and the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (5S) ◽  
pp. 549
Author(s):  
Mónica Salazar-Villanea ◽  
Yamileth Chacón-Araya ◽  
Amber Watts ◽  
Eric D. Vidoni ◽  
Sandra A. Billinger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Neurocognitive Performance

scholarly journals Psychotropic Medication Use Among Adults With Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 605-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Scott Stroup ◽  
Tobias Gerhard ◽  
Stephen Crystal ◽  
Cecilia Huang ◽  
Zhiqiang Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Psychotropic Medication ◽  
Schizoaffective Disorder ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular medication use among older adults in the United States

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (8) ◽  
pp. 834-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dima M. Qato ◽  
Stacy Tessler Lindau ◽  
Rena M. Conti ◽  
L. Philip Schumm ◽  
G. Caleb Alexander
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Cardiovascular Medication

Medication Use Among Ethnically Diverse Older Adults in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenny Chiang-Hanisko ◽  
Christine L. Williams ◽  
David Newman ◽  
Ruth M. Tappen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
The United States
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