The Use of Matlab in the Study of the Glass Transition and Vitrification in Polymers

Abstract

This is an audit to review the use of Antipsychotic Medication in a community sample of people with learning disability, to review our prescribing practice and improve areas where the standards are not achieved. The aim is to prescribe the minimum effective dose of a single antipsychotic medication (monotherapy). Patients must be assessed and closely monitored for response to treatment and side effects. In our sample, all patients were on small doses of antipsychotic medication and a large majority were on a monotherapy. Sixty seven percent (67%) of patients had a diagnosis of a mental illness and 33% received antipsychotic medication for the management of behavioural problems. The most commonly used antipsychotic medication was risperidone. Two thirds of patients who were on antipsychotics, received atypical antipsychotics and one third were on the older typical antipsychotic drugs. The recommendations following the audit being that the current prescribing practice is continued when there is regular review of the patients. In addition, the use of the checklist is recommended whenever high dose antipsychotic medication is prescribed.