Evidence-based guidance: COVID-19 & clinical management of mental health issues

Check out this evidence-based guide developed by the Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab. The guide on the webpage is organised around specific clinical questions: https://oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.a...tal-health-guidance/

The guide's table of contents includes:

Benzodiazepines and Z-drugs (zopiclone and zolpidem)
Including:
· acute agitation/rapid tranquillisation
· anxiety
· general advice
· insomnia

Clozapine treatment
Including:
· additional risks
· blood testing
· starting phase of a new treatment
· white cell count

Digital technologies and telepsychiatry
Including:
· cultural issues
· digital technologies
· special considerations for older adults, child and adolescents
· telepsychiatry

End of life care
Including:
· management of the different steps of the end of life care

Inpatient wards
Including:
· acutely disturbed patients
· management of suspected/confirmed cases
· older adult inpatient wards
· organisational considerations
· routine care
· venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis
· vitamin D supplementation

Lithium treatment
Including:
· blood testing
· different formulations
· lithium levels
· starting phase of a new treatment

Long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics
Including:
· management of ongoing treatment
· starting phase of a new treatment

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