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    Tag: Antipsychotics

    Emergency services at Westfield Bondi Junction after more than a dozen people were stabbed on April 13, 2024. AAP.

    The Westfield attacker’s psychiatrist has been savaged over her care — this is what five expert witnesses actually think

    July 1, 2025

    When tragedy strikes, the inevitable question follows of whether it could have been prevented. In the case of Joel Cauchi, who killed six people with a 30cm…

    Psychiatrist who treated Joel Cauchi four years before Westfield killings gives tearful apology

    May 13, 2025

    A psychiatrist who stopped Joel Cauchi’s medication four years before he killed six shoppers has made a tearful apology to the victims and their families.…

    Jail sentence reduced for woman who poisoned GPs with mushroom dish laced with antipsychotic

    March 4, 2025

    A woman who poisoned two GPs and their child by adding an antipsychotic to a mushroom dish at a regular family dinner has had her…

    Schizophrenia: A stepwise approach to co-ordination of care

    September 30, 2024
    Sophie is on clozapine in a typical shared care prescribing arrangement. Read her case report and take the quick quiz.

    Why doctors should be more open with patients about antidepressants and weight gain

    July 4, 2024

    When Dr Manfred Penzhorn prescribes antidepressants, he tells patients they are “almost certainly” about to put on weight. “Very few psychiatric medications don’t cause some…

    Watchdog warns doctors to limit psychotropics in people with intellectual disability

    May 16, 2024

    Psychotropic medications should only be prescribed as a “last resort” for behaviours of concern in patients with intellectual disability, according to a new clinical care…

    Consider ECG monitoring when prescribing antipsychotics: study

    January 22, 2024

    ECG monitoring should be considered in all patients prescribed antipsychotics before and after starting treatment to avert the risk of sudden cardiac death and ventricular…

    Safe to stop monthly blood tests for clozapine after two years: Aussie study

    December 7, 2023

    Most patients given clozapine for schizophrenia can stop monthly blood tests after two years, according to Australian psychiatrists who say the current practice of indefinite…

    Chemical restraints: PBAC investigates whether mirtazapine is the new risperidone

    August 21, 2023

    An upcoming PBAC review of antipsychotic prescribing will consider whether risperidone restrictions in aged care are behind the increasing use of other chemical restraints. Since…

    Risperidone under renewed scrutiny as use in aged care rises

    July 24, 2023

    The PBAC is planning a fresh review of antipsychotic prescribing in aged care after a report found the use of risperidone to treat dementia symptoms…

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