Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings
van Wattum PJ, Fabius C, Roos C, Smith C, Johnson T. Polypharmacy Reduction in Youth in a Residential Treatment Center Leads to Positive Treatment Outcomes and Significant Cost Savings. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2013, 23: 620-627. PMID: 24251644, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2013.0014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication reductionTreatment centersResidential treatment centerTreatment outcomesLong-term treatment outcomesUse of antipsychoticsNumber of antipsychoticsPlace of dischargePositive treatment outcomesAdmission medicationsAntipsychotic combinationsPolypharmacy reductionPostdischarge dataDischarge medicationsMore medicationsAvailable followMonths postdischargeMood stabilizersPolypharmacy regimensMedicationsAdmissionYouth ages 11Mean numberHealthcare systemAntipsychotics