Gisev16 Psychiatric Jul 2005 Prevalence of drug use Mar overall – among 2006 antipsychotic patients of a use was not community reported. mental health 23 patients service received ≥2 receiving an antipsychotics. HMR (n=56). Of 16 Antipsychotic people took ≥2 polypharmacy oral atypical ± defined as conventional receiving antipsychotics; ≥2 antipsychotics four took an concurrently oral atypical + depot conventional; and three took an oral atypical + an oral conventional Gisev15 Patients on April 121 (32%) community 2010 treatment orders Waterreus20 Survey of 2010 20% of High Impact patients Psychosis: reported Australia’s taking two second antipsychotics national concurrently, psychosis 2% took three survey; or more. 15% people aged of patients 18 64 trial. took two or – In Phase II, 1 more atypical 825 people antipsychotics identified with concurrently. psychosis in 1% took two Phase I were conventional randomly antipsychotics selected and concurrently interviewed Among clozapine users, 25% were taking another
Gisev16 Psychiatric drug use among patients of a community mental health service receiving an HMR (n=56). Antipsychotic polypharmacy defined as receiving ≥2 antipsychotics concurrently Jul 2005 – Mar 2006 Prevalence of overall antipsychotic use was not reported. 23 patients received ≥2 antipsychotics. Of 16 people took ≥2 oral atypical ± conventional antipsychotics; four took an oral atypical + depot conventional; and three took an oral atypical + an oral conventional Gisev15 Patients on community treatment orders April 2010 121 (32%) Waterreus20 Survey of High Impact Psychosis: Australia’s second national psychosis survey; people aged 18 – 64 In Phase II, 1 825 people identified with psychosis in Phase I were randomly selected and interviewed 2010 20% of patients reported taking two antipsychotics concurrently, 2% took three or more. 15% of patients took two or more atypical antipsychotics concurrently. 1% took two conventional antipsychotics concurrently Among clozapine users, 25% were taking another trial.