In the current increasingly fragmented health care systems, special attention must be given to PIP prescription in older population suffering from psychiatric disorders. Using the Beers criteria, the present study demonstrates the high prevalence of PIP prescription, which concerns a large panel of drugs but mostly anxiolytics and hypnotics independently of psychiatric or somatic diagnoses and sociodemographic characteristics. Our study has demonstrated for the first time an association between PIP prescription and lowered patient functioning. Further longitudinal studies should confirm a potential causal relation.
The Philippot procedure is accurate for studying emotional reactivity in healthy elderly. The simplicity and rapidity of this procedure makes it suitable for emotion studies in different elderly populations.
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