title: Psychotropic drug use in primary health care units in Nigeria.
abstract: The rate of psychotropic drug use in primary care units in Nigeria was found to be 23.6%. The older age group, female sex, those with less education, those who were either separated, divorced or widowed and patients with mental morbidity on GHQ-12 were observed to be significantly more likely to have psychotropic drug prescription. It is suggested that part of efforts aimed at ensuring a more rational use of psychotropic drugs at primary health care (PHC) level of developing countries would need to include improving the ability of PHC workers to detect and manage common mental health problems in primary care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Abiodun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs