Psychotropics Significantly Increase Falls in the Elderly

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Psychotropic medications, including short-acting benzodiazepines, strongly increase the frequency of falls in the elderly, according to research from the Netherlands published in Maturitas: The European Menopause Journal.

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Strien, A., Koek, H., van Marum, R., Emmelot-Vonk, E., Psychotropic medications, including short acting benzodiazepines, strongly increase the frequency of falls in elderly. Maturitas, online January 25, 2013

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He and his partner, Luisa Putnam, joined by their mutual interest in working with trauma and psychosis, studied Open Dialogue in Finland and Peer-supported Open Dialogue in the UK in order to practice and teach as a team. In 2011, they joined with Robert Whitaker to found the Mad in America website

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