title: Anti-psychotic prescription pattern: A preliminary survey of Psychiatrists in India.
abstract: Although anti-psychotic medications are available in India since a long time, little is known about the prescription patterns of Indian psychiatrists. An email survey was sent to 1100 psychiatrists, of which 168 responded. The three most commonly prescribed anti-psychotics were risperidone, olanzapine, and haloperidol. It was also found that typical anti-psychotics comprise of 25.15% (SD=21.66; range 0-100) of all prescriptions and in about 22.36% of the cases the psychiatrists were using more than one anti-psychotic in the same patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: Ajit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avasthi