title: [Pattern of prescriptions for psychopharmaceuticals to first-admission schizophrenic patients in the county of Arhus].
abstract: Two cohorts of 61 and 70 schizophrenic patients first-admitted during the years 1976-1978 and 1986-1988, respectively, were compared in order to find changes in the quantity of psychotropics prescribed in the same area in two periods separated by a 10-year interval. The standardized Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System-codes and the Defined Daily Doses were registered from the patients' case notes in the one year following the admission. The two cohorts were compared with respect to social conditions and presence of 37 syndromes from the Present State Examination 9th edition Syndrome Check List. We found a significant (5% level, Mann-Whitney) decline in the prescribed neuroleptics and a significant change from depot to non depot neuroleptics. The decline in prescribed neuroleptics was not correlated to an increase in the prescription of other psychotropics.
authors.affiliation: Institut for psykiatrisk grundforskning, afdeling for psykiatrisk demografi, Psykiatrisk Hospital i Arhus.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lützhøft
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Welinder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dybbro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skadhede
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003718:Denmark; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D010343:Patient Admission; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Ordinationsmønster for psykofarmaka i Arhus Amt for førstegangsindlagte skizofrene.