[Tools to reduce prescribing errors of psychotropic drugs in older adults].

Introduction: Inappropriate prescribing is a major problem in psychiatric care in older adults. Factors such as the high proportion of older people with a high prevalence of mental disorders, the physiological changes typical of aging, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, the lack of evidence in treatment guidelines for this population, the degree of professional ignorance; give rise to the propensity to make prescription errors of various kinds.

Objective: To review and summarize the available prescription tools that can provide support to improve prescription practices in psychopharmacology of the elderly.