EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

描述：精神药物对许多精神病患者的治疗至关重要。 但在老年人中，这些药物经常被滥用。这 在管理式医疗的时代，问题变得更加严重， 来自新闻媒体、药店和制药的信息爆炸 公司广告。拟议的录像带系列将向医生和 其他照顾者将在治疗老年人糖尿病方面做出更好的决定 抗精神病药物。我们的第一期教育录像带成功锁定目标 这个问题的一个方面：它显著提高了 医生认识到并管理严重的神经副作用。第二阶段 将通过制作一系列额外的四盘录像带来扩大规模。这一扩张 将是“横向的”--旨在教授医生1)正确的选择 老年患者对抗精神病药物的认识和需求 副作用和“垂直”的管理--旨在教导其他护理人员 以及患者对这些药物的使用和副作用的了解。我们已经组装了一个 一支优秀的老年医学、精神病学、护理专家团队， 精神药理学、教育和媒体来实现这些目标。我们 应面向制药和管理型护理公司、老年医疗保健公司 机构、医生和其他医疗保健提供者。 建议的商业应用： 不可用

DESCRIPTION: Psychotropics are crucial for the treatment of many psychiatric illnesses, but in older adults, these medications are frequently misused. This problem has become even more serious in the era of managed care, and the information explosion from the news media, pharmacies and pharmaceutical company advertising. The proposed videotape series will teach physicians and other caregivers to make better decisions about treating older adults with antipsychotic drugs. Our Phase I educational videotape successfully targeted one dimension of this problem: it significantly improved the capacity of physicians to recognize and manage serious neurological side effects. Phase II will expand by creating a series of four additional videotapes. This expansion will be "horizontal" - aimed at teaching physicians 1) the proper selection of geriatric patients for antipsychotic drugs and 2) the recognition and management of side effects AND "vertical"- aimed at teaching other care givers and patients about the uses and side effects of the drugs. We have assembled an outstanding team of experts in geriatric medicine, psychiatry, nursing, psychopharmacology, education and media to accomplish these objectives. We shall market to Pharmaceutical and Managed Care Companies, Geriatric Institutions, physicians and other health care providers. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Not available