title: Some current factors influencing the prescribing and use of psychiatric drugs.
abstract: A reprise of selected known factors about the influences affecting the prescribing and use of drugs, and some new developments in the drug marketplace, are the basis for this summary and observations about future expectations regarding psychotherapeutic agents. This information can be used to assist in formulating or updating, or both, conceptualizations and hypotheses for future policy and research planning in this area.
authors.affiliation: Texas Court Residential Treatment Center.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Poulsen
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D004345:Drug Industry; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005544:Forecasting; D006285:Health Planning; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs