The APA's list includes 5 recommendations:

  • Don't prescribe antipsychotic medications to patients for any indication without appropriate initial evaluation and appropriate ongoing monitoring

  • Don't routinely prescribe 2 or more antipsychotic medications concurrently

  • Don't use antipsychotics as first choice to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

  • Don't routinely prescribe antipsychotic medications as a first-line intervention for insomnia in adults

  • Don't routinely prescribe antipsychotic medications as a first-line intervention for children and adolescents for any diagnosis other than psychotic disorders