Psychotropic medication use within the aged care sector has been a point of interest within the industry from a national and global perspective since the 1990s. The Aged Care Act 1997 majorly reformed provision of residential care within Australia, and much Australian discourse about psychotropics occurred within the context of an industry governed by this Act. This poster presents the results of a State-of-the Art literature review conducted utilising Barry et al.’s (2022) six-step methodology. The aim of this review was to chronically map the evolution of prevailing ‘schools of thought’ about psychotropic medication in Australia during this time period, and to analyse the overarching themes that have defined psychotropic literature of this era. By exploring how knowledge and practices involving psychotropics have evolved within the wider Australian context - and identifying gaps or assumptions within the literature - the findings of this study can be used to describe ‘where we were’ and ‘where we are now’ in relation to psychotropic utilisation within residential aged care. This contextualising of the past and present can be used to inform scientific enquiry into the future (‘where we are going’) and identify the gaps in current literature and areas for future scientific exploration.