Nursing Homes Falsely Diagnose Patients as Schizophrenic to Sedate Them, Report Says (opens in new tab)

<p>From MedPage Today. Dementia patients are given antipsychotics, which FDA warns may increase the risk for death. &#8220;Nursing home staff overdiagnoses their dementia patients with schizophrenia so they can prescribe antipsychotics in order to make the patients easier to manage, a reportopens in a new tab or window from the HHS Office of Inspector General [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.madinamerica.com/2026/03/nursing-homes-falsely-diagnose-patients-as-schizophrenic-to-sed...