What is your approach to handling negative cognitive side effects of atypical/typical antipsychotics?

• When prescribing antipsychotic medications, in any age group, I would make sure that there is a clear indication of why this medication is being used.
• I would also make sure to get a written informed consent from the patient and/or their legal guardian when deciding on prescribing these medications...

As a geriatric psychiatrist who works with individuals with underlying cognitive impairment. Monitoring these effects is important in medications with anticholinergic side effects. It is also important to differentiate cognitive dysfunction from antipsychotics from cognitive impairment from the psyc...

I try to keep the dose low and use multiple medications with complementary mechanisms. I also try to avoid anticholinergics. I think that stimulants can be very helpful for patients on antipsychotics.