We present a large population-based study, considering psychotropic drug use as a proxy for poor psychological health and distinguishing between three different types of OFC.
The threat of information bias must be considered if psychotropic medication is used a proxy for impaired psychological health in descendants of immigrants.
Overall, considering all psychotropic drugs, 80% of the elderly in nursing homes receive at least one drug for a psychiatric care.
This association remained after considering previous psychotropic medication and several covariates.
Considering that psychotropic regimens are very unlikely to be constant over years [ 40], this important issue clearly warrants further investigations in a longitudinal fashion.
Furthermore, we were able to consider prior psychotropic medication 3 years before the baseline, as well as had a 5-year follow-up.
One BHP described her past experiences with PCPs who were unwilling to refer Veterans to her or consider prescribing psychotropic medication: "I've been more dissatisfied with my role when primary care has been more resistant to embracing that model of care.
Considering that psychotropic medications are often used on a regular and chronic basis [ 8, 17, 27], it can be speculated that, in the present study, one of the most important assumptions of the case crossover design was not met, and, therefore, the choice of this study design was probably not appropriate.
In this prospective study, we identified three independent predictive factors for delirium: being 85 years old or older, being dependent in five or more ADL (of the six considered), and taking psychotropic drugs (antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and/or antidementia drugs).
Forty percent of the children take psychotropic medication.
