title: Simulated discharge system of prescription and long-term drug treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
abstract: The drug sheets of patients resident in a psychiatric hospital for more than 1 year were reviewed. The simulated discharge system involving the re-writing of drug sheets every 12 weeks was in operation, but there was only a slight increase in prescription changes at the time of renewal; 35.4% of prescriptions had been unchanged for 1 year and 4.3% for 5 years. A high proportion of long-term prescriptions were for purgatives, hypnotics and neuroleptics.
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002400:Cathartics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012606:Scotland; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D002400:Cathartics; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives