['The objectives are to determine the rate of potentially inappropriate psychotropic (PIP) prescription at discharge in the elderly psychiatric inpatients and to determine whether PIP is associated with lowered functioning outcomes.', 'Sociodemographic, clinical, and treatment data for all inpatients aged\u2009≥\u200965\xa0years consecutively hospitalized during 1\xa0year in 13 psychiatry departments was analyzed. PIP+/PIP- groups were defined according to the French-updated Beers criteria. Daily functioning was evaluated by the daily living (ADL) scale. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate odds ratios for the association between PIP administration at discharge and respectively functioning and potential confounding factors.', 'Data was obtained for 327 patients. Overall, 124 (37.9\xa0%) patients were males, and the mean age was 73.9\xa0years (SD\u2009=\u20095.6); 163 (49.8\xa0%) patients were diagnosed with affective disorders and 89 (27.2\xa0%) with schizophrenia/schizotypal/delusional disorders. Overall, 249 (76.1\xa0%) had one or more PIP medications, mainly anxiolytics (69.9\xa0%) and hypnotics (17.2\xa0%). In a multivariate analysis, PIP prescription at discharge has been associated with patient lowered personal care functioning, independently of age, gender, and psychiatric or somatic diagnoses (OR\u2009=\u20090.88 (0.79-0.97, p\u2009=\u20090.01).'] Is potentially inappropriate psychotropic prescription at discharge associated with lower functioning in the elderly psychiatric inpatients . A cross-sectional study?