Thirty-five months experience of risperidone long-acting injection in a UK psychiatric service including a mirror-image analysis of in-patient care

Objective: To report the use of risperidone long‐acting injection (RLAI) in a UK psychiatric service. Method: Retrospective case note review of all patients prescribed RLAI over a 35‐month period. In the mirror‐image analysis patients initiated on RLAI as in‐patients had the index admission attributed to previous treatment. Results: Patients prescribed RLAI had significantly higher baseline rates of drug misuse, alcohol misuse, unemployment and...