Article of the month: January 2016
The website committee selected the article of Clive Ballard et al. as publication of the month.
This high-impact article describes results of a cluster-randomized factorial controlled trial in 16 U.K nursing homes showing that worsening of neuropsychiatric symptomatology after reduction of antipsychotic medication use in long-term care settings can be mitigated by concomitant delivery of an nonpharmacological intervention aimed at improving resident interactions.
See: Ballard C, Orrell M, YongZhong S, Moniz-Cook E, Stafford J, Whittaker R, Woods B, Corbett A, Garrod L, Khan Z, Woodward-Carlton B, Wenborn J, Fossey J. Impact of Antipsychotic Review and Nonpharmacological Intervention on Antipsychotic Use, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, and Mortality in People With Dementia Living in Nursing Homes: A Factorial Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial by the Well-Being and Health for People With Dementia (WHELD) Program. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Nov 20:appiajp201515010130. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 2658540