Implementation of a practice model for inpatient psychiatric clinical pharmacist practitioners with prescriptive authority at a veterans health care facility.

Clinical pharmacists play a valuable role on collaborative health care teams, especially in the field of mental health. However, there is a need to explore innovative practice models that optimize their potential in providing comprehensive medication management in inpatient psychiatric settings. This report aims to describe the implementation of a practice model using an inpatient psychiatric clinical pharmacist practitioner performing comprehensive medication management.

A retrospective chart review to determine the safety and efficacy of prazosin for nightmares related to posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of prazosin for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related nightmares in veterans and to analyze subgroup benefit/risk to guide prescribing.

Methods: Patients with a previous prescription for prazosin between 1 June 2007 and 30 June 2017 were collected from the institution's electronic records. Efficacy (including nightmare frequency, and clinical PTSD rating scales) and safety (including blood pressure) data were retrospectively analyzed.