title: Drug prescribing for schizophrenic out-patients on depot injections. Repeat surveys over 18 years.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003625:Data Collection; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004739:England; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations