Antipsychotic Prescribing Practices in Connecticut's Public Mental Health System: Rates of Changing Medications and Prescribing Styles

摘要: We characterized prescribing in Connecticut's State public mental health system to assess the feasibility of implementing an evidence-based medication algorithm. Medication records for a random sample outpatients with diagnoses schizophrenia spectrum disorders showed patterns similar entire United States. The base rate changing antipsychotic medications was moderate. Over half patients received decanoate medications, polypharmacy nontrivial, and there variability across physicians. Caucasian were more likely receive atypical less have medication, Latino change medications. Because moderate considerable proportion prescribed newer introducing research-derived algorithm antipsychotics as first line agents may fit well current practice. Further, such reduce racial ethnic disparities patterns.