Tag: prescribing
AI Chatbot Prescribing Psychiatric Medications Raises Red Flags
From Medscape. "A Utah pilot program that will allow an AI-powered system to authorize prescription refills for select psychiatric medications is raising patient safety...
Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs is Worsening Public Mental Health, Doctor Argues
A new research article asserts that the overuse of psychiatric drugs may create neurobiological changes that hamper long-term mental health recovery.
More Psychological Supports Needed to Manage Antidepressant Discontinuation
Study reviews psychological interventions for antidepressant discontinuation.
5 Steps to Personalize Deprescribing Practices
Researchers identify simple ways for clinicians to begin deprescribing conversations.
On Relaxing Off-Label Meds: Do the Opposite. Especially for Children. Especially Antipsychotics
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that there will soon be a public meeting to explore providing drug companies with greater flexibility in promoting off-label indications to doctors. When it comes to prescribing medications to children, and particularly psychiatric medications, this is a bad idea. I write both as a former consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, and as a father who lost a son to the toxic effects of antipsychotics prescribed off-label.
Is Psychiatry “Salvageable”?
A reader in the commentary here asked me if I think “psychiatry is salvageable.” This is a timely question that requires careful consideration.
First, I’ll...
