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Rethinking psychotropics in nursing homes

Sarah N Hilmer and Danijela Gnjidic
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/mja13.10353
Published online: 22 July 2013

In reply: We thank Westbury and Peterson, and Mykyta for highlighting some of the issues raised in our article.1


  • Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.


Correspondence: sarah.hilmer@sydney.edu.au

Acknowledgements: 

Danijela Gnjidic is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship.

Competing interests:

We conduct a program of research on optimising medication use by older people.

  • 1. Hilmer SN, Gnjidic D. Rethinking psychotropics in nursing homes. Med J Aust 2013; 198: 77. <MJA full text>
  • 2. Safe Work Australia. How to manage work health and safety risks: code of practice. Sydney: Safe Work Australia, Dec 2011. http://www.safework australia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/manage-whs-risks-cop (accessed Jul 2013).
  • 3. Declercq T, Petrovic M, Azermai M, et al. Withdrawal versus continuation of chronic antipsychotic drugs for behavioural and psychological symptoms in older people with dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; (3): CD007726. doi: 10.1002/14651858. CD007726.pub2.

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