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Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians.

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Raft, D; Davidson, J; Toomey, TC; Spencer, RF; Lewis, BF
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
December 1975

The authors found that among 228 general hospital patients, minor tranquilizers were prescribed most often and with the least justification and that major tranquilizers were prescribed sparingly and by and large judiciously. Antidepressants were given less often than would be justified by the incidence of depressive illness among these patients. Nonrecognition of depression in patients with somatic complaints and autonomic signs of depression contributed to this lack of treatment.

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Am J Psychiatry

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ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

December 1975

Volume

132

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1309 / 1312

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Psychiatry
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, General
  • Drug Utilization
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Antidepressive Agents
 

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Raft, D., Davidson, J., Toomey, T. C., Spencer, R. F., & Lewis, B. F. (1975). Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians. Am J Psychiatry, 132(12), 1309–1312. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.12.1309
Raft, D., J. Davidson, T. C. Toomey, R. F. Spencer, and B. F. Lewis. “Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians.Am J Psychiatry 132, no. 12 (December 1975): 1309–12. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.12.1309.
Raft D, Davidson J, Toomey TC, Spencer RF, Lewis BF. Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians. Am J Psychiatry. 1975 Dec;132(12):1309–12.
Raft, D., et al. “Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians.Am J Psychiatry, vol. 132, no. 12, Dec. 1975, pp. 1309–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.132.12.1309.
Raft D, Davidson J, Toomey TC, Spencer RF, Lewis BF. Inpatient and outpatient patterns of psychotropic drug prescribing by nonpsychiatrist physicians. Am J Psychiatry. 1975 Dec;132(12):1309–1312.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

December 1975

Volume

132

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1309 / 1312

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Psychiatry
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, General
  • Drug Utilization
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Antidepressive Agents