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Behavioral Health Toolkit - Antipsychotic Medication Indications

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Screening Tool:

  • Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)

Guidelines:

  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation of Psychosis in Patients with Dementia
  • The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia, Third Edition
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Practice Parameter for the Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents

Additional Tools/Resources:

  • Guidance on Strategies to Promote Best Practice in Antipsychotic Prescribing for Children and Adolescents
  • Treatment of Young Peoples with Antipsychotic Medications in the United States
  • What You Need to Know About Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
  • Clozapine REMS
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