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The proportion of overall antipsychotic use prescribed to patients on the serious mental illness register decreased from 50.0% (95% CI = 49.4 to 50.7) in 2011 to 43.6% (95% CI = 43.0 to 44.1) by 2020.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prevalence of long-term antipsychotic use is increasing. More patients are managed by GPs without psychiatrist review and are not on monitored disease registers; they thus may be less likely to undergo cardiometabolic monitoring and miss opportunities to optimise or deprescribe antipsychotics. 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