Off-label prescribing Blog Posts

• Could clozapine reduce psychiatric admissions beyond schizophrenia?

  02 Jul 2026

  • Kirsten Little
  • Anam Kazmi
  • and Laura Karanikoli

  
• Pragmatic prescribing: why GPs offer beta-blockers for anxiety, despite guideline gaps

  03 Sep 2025

  • Amelia Talbot

  
• Off-label antidepressants: limited evidence to support their use

  20 Jul 2017

  • John Baker

  
• Psychotropic medication: finding ways forward for adults with intellectual disabilities #RSMpsychotropics

  23 May 2017

  • Rory Sheehan
  • and Angela Hassiotis

  
• Trends in antipsychotic prescribing in autism

  06 Jul 2016

  • Angela Hassiotis
  • and James Dove

  
• Prescribing antipsychotics in primary care: new study highlights frequent off-label use

  04 Feb 2015

  • Josephine Neale

  
• Atypical antipsychotics can lead to weight gain in children and adolescents, but more evidence needed about metabolic side effects

  23 Aug 2013

  • Elly O'Brien