title: Use of antibiotics and psychoactive preparations.
abstract: This is a report of selected aspects of a larger study of 70 general practitioners. The method involved a detailed study of performance over a period of three days using rating scales and check-lists to assess competence. A possible relationship between competence and rate of antibiotic prescribing was found. There was variation in the extent of psychiatric history-taking when psychoactive preparations were used. Advice about potential side effects was given in only a third of instances when a psychoactive preparation was prescribed for a new episode of illness.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs