Antipsychotics and intellectual disabilities: lessons from big data, little data and missing data

Listening to @yonalunsky.bsky.social talking about #PsychotropicMedication as part of www.rsm.ac.uk/events/intel...

Thinking about links to www.mmu.ac.uk/research/pro...

@suecaton.bsky.social

'In March data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare regarding the percentage of aged care residents on #PsychotropicMedication will be published for the first time'

#ChemicalRestraint
#AgedCareCrisis
#auspol...

'The complaints body found she was instead prescribed high doses of #PsychotropicMedication.

"This was not ideal as it was clear her symptoms were worsening/progressive at that stage," it said.

"Further management was potentially needed, not sedation"

'..showed 177,611 of the 302,690 unauthorised restrictive practices involved #chemicalrestraint – the controversial use of sometimes-harmful #psychotropicmedication to sedate or control clients.'
#PWD
#auspol
#NDIS