| Guideline, Education, and Peer Comparison to Reduce Prescriptions of Benzodiazepines and Low-Dose Quetiapine in Prison. | |
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PMID: 21965158 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Benzodiazepines (antianxiety medications) and quetiapine (an antipsychotic medication) are subject to abuse in prison. Quetiapine is also expensive and has serious side effects. The prescription of these medications in prison for anxiety and insomnia is not the preferred choice. In order to reduce these prescriptions, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-University Correctional HealthCare (UCHC), working within the New Jersey Department of Corrections, provided its psychiatrists with a guideline to the treatment of insomnia in prison. The guideline discouraged pharmacological treatment of insomnia. UCHC then anonymously compared the prescribing practices of its psychiatrists to each other, and educated the psychiatrists about the disadvantages of benzodiazepines and low-dose quetiapine in prison. These techniques reduced the numbers of inmates prescribed benzodiazepines by 38% after 20 months and reduced the numbers of inmates prescribed low-dose quetiapine by 59% after 22 months. |
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Authors:
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Rusty Reeves |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-30 |
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Title: Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Volume: - ISSN: 1940-5200 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-10-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9503759 Medline TA: J Correct Health Care Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and University Correctional Healthcare, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. |
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