Introduction: Objectives of this study were to characterize barriers to receiving psychiatric medications for people who are incarcerated, to compare barriers before competency restoration to those after competency restoration, and to characterize psychiatric medication formularies.
Methods: A survey of county jails in Missouri was completed between October 2021 and February 2022. Survey questions were answered by medical department personnel, nurses, or a person responsible for medication oversight.
Introduction: To describe the publication rates and characteristics of PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency projects presented as a poster presentation at the annual meetings of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) from 2002 to 2018. (As of 2022 the organization is under the name, American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists.).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of this study was to assess factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination in patients in 2 inpatient forensic psychiatric hospitals.
Methods: This was a retrospective chart review evaluating factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination for patients residing in two inpatient forensic psychiatric hospitals between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022. Data was collected through electronic medical records utilizing MetaCare Enterpriseā¢ and secure facility computer drives, individual patient paper charts, and Missouri's vaccination records database, ShowMeVax.
Introduction: A defendant who is deemed incompetent to stand trial may go through competency restoration consisting of mental health treatment and legal education. Antipsychotics are often used in treatment; however, there is little data examining their role.
Methods: This retrospective study included subjects opined competent to stand trial from July 2016 to February 2020 and prescribed an antipsychotic.
Introduction: This study aims to assess the understandability, actionability, and quality of online resources for the self-management (SM) of bipolar spectrum disorders in adults.
Methods: An online search using Google, Bing, and Yahoo! search engines was conducted to identify resources for bipolar disorder. Those that were published in English, discussed at least 1 method directed at improving an SM task, and were within the first 25 nonadvertisement results for each search were included.
Introduction: Dosing recommendations for paliperidone long-acting injectable antipsychotic (LAIA) do not include oral antipsychotic (OAP) overlap; however, OAPs are often given concurrently despite limited evidence describing both the risks and benefits of this practice.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted in patients initiated on paliperidone palmitate (PP) during a psychiatric hospitalization to compare patients who received OAP overlap versus those who did not. The primary outcome is the proportion of patients who receive prescription claims for benztropine, a medication commonly prescribed for extrapyramidal symptoms, at the time of LAIA discontinuation and 6 months postdischarge.