Objective: Many homeless and unstably housed (HUH) adults have severe mental illnesses
that are managed with antipsychotic medications. The US Department of Veterans Affairs …

Abstract Using national Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative data, this study
evaluated differences in psychotropic medication use between homeless and non-homeless …

Objective: Despite elevated risk for substance use disorder and overdose death in the
homeless population, benzodiazepine prescribing for this population has not been …

Objective This study conducted a pharmacoepidemiologic examination of antidepressant
prescription patterns in homeless and unstably housed (HUH) populations. Methods Data …

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of prescribing antipsychotics to
adults without schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and to identify factors associated with such …

Objective This study uses Veterans Health Administration (VHA) pharmacy and encounter
claims to evaluate the use of psychotropic medications without a psychiatric diagnosis …

Objectives To assess whether prevailing antipsychotic use rates in community nursing
homes (CNH) influence new initiation of antipsychotics and diagnosis with antipsychotic …

Objective: Despite safety risks associated with antipsychotic medications, little is known
about their use in older adults. This article describes patterns of antipsychotic treatment of …

Background New antipsychotic medications introduced during the past decade—clozapine
(1990), risperidone (1994), olanzapine (1996), and quetiapine fumarate (1997)—offer a …

Psychiatric medications can serve as important tools for addressing behavioral health issues
among criminal justice-involved (CJI) veterans. This study used national data on 12,790 CJI …