title: Patterns of drug use in psychiatric inpatient wards.
abstract: Drug use was monitored in a total of 2,592 psychiatric inpatients in 6 hospitals. The efficacy was rated as satisfactory in 78% of the drug exposures. Nearly 37% of the patients had an adverse reaction. However, only 1.5% of the reactions were noted as being of major severity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D005387:Finland; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs