Pharmacotherapy for personality disorder-prescribing practice at a high secure hospital: A preliminary report
D'Silva, Karen Chadwick, Karen Egleston, Paul Milton, John Ferriter, Michael Abdelrazek, Tarek
D'Silva, Karen
Chadwick, Karen
Egleston, Paul
Milton, John
Ferriter, Michael
Abdelrazek, Tarek
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the prescription of psychotropic medication for patients with a primary diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) detained at Rampton High Secure Hospital, compared with that for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness. The name and the dose of psychotropic medication prescribed for each patient in the sample, on 2 July 2010, were examined. Although nearly all patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness were prescribed psychotropic medication (98%), the percentage within the Personality Disorder (73%) and the Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder services (62%) was also high, with the most commonly prescribed drug being an antipsychotic in all groups. The dose of antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medication was lower for patients with a primary diagnosis of PD, and clozapine was the antipsychotic of choice for a significant proportion of these patients. Medication may have a key role to play in the management of some groups of patients with PD.; Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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D'Silva, K., Chadwick, K., Egleston, P., Milton, J., Ferriter, M. & Abdelrazek, T. (2013). Pharmacotherapy for personality disorder-prescribing practice at a high secure hospital: A preliminary report. Personality and Mental Health, 7 (1), pp.22-27.