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Drug Prescribing for Schizophrenic Out-patients on Depot Injections

Repeat Surveys over 18 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. A. W. Johnson  and
N. F. Wright
D. A. W. Johnson*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
N. F. Wright
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Serial surveys of the prescribing practices of psychiatrists for schizophrenic out-patients over 1970–88 showed important changes. During the interval 1970–83, polypharmacy and the use of multiple neuroleptics were reduced. The total dose of neuroleptics prescribed fell and the proportion administered by depot injection increased. Since 1983, however, some of these favourable trends have been reversed. Prescribing practices may also vary between teaching and non-teaching hospitals.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 827 - 834
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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