title: Similarities and differences in clients treated and in medications prescribed by APRNs and psychiatrists in a CMHC.
abstract: This study is part of a larger study comparing prescribing practices of psychiatrists and advanced practice psychiatric nurses (APRNs) using the following three groups of patients: patients treated by psychiatrists, those treated by APRNs, and those treated by both APRNs and psychiatrists at different times in 1 year. Demographics for 5507 patients were examined. A subsample of APRNs and psychiatrists prescribed similar total numbers of medications. Psychiatrists prescribed more types of antidepressant medications other than the SSRI antidepressants, and they prescribed more than twice the number of benzodiazepines. APRNs prescribed more SSRIs and spent more time with clients during medication visits.
authors.affiliation: Valley Mental Health and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA. suef@uvm.com
authors.forename: Sue Ellen
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vaughan-Cole
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014589:Utah