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Side Effects and Safety of Medications

The New York Times: Older Antipsychotics Are Found as Risky for Elderly as New Ones

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Potentially Inappropriate Drug Use in Nursing Homes

Canadian Study: Potential Adverse Outcomes of Psychotropic and Narcotic Drug Use (Abstract)

National Public Radio: Elderly Patients with Psychosis Pose Treatment Dilemma

UK Study: Psychotropic Drug Use in Older People with Mental Illness

Effectiveness of Treatments of Depression in Older Ambulatory Patients (Abstract)

Annals of Internal Medicine: Falls in the Nursing Home

The National Council on Aging: Falls Free: Promoting a National Falls Prevention Action Plan

Falls Among Older People: Relationship to Medication Use and Orthostatic Hypotension (Abstract)

Psychotropic Drug Use and the Risk of Hip Fracture (Abstract)