We aimed to investigate how often psychotrophic drugs were prescribed and which group of drugs were preferred by general practitioners and other physicians in medical practice except pschiatry. Among 25 specialists, 34 residents, and 43 general practitioners (GP), the frequency of prescribing for the psychotrophic drugs present on Turkish markets in the last year was evaluated by using self-reports. 60% of the specialists wrote diazepam, 40% of those opipramol and 28% of those moclobemide; the first three ranks were similar for residents, 58.8% of those wrote diazepam, 52.9% of those opipramol, 41.7% of those moclobemide and amitriptyline. GPs wrote with a frequency of 86.0% for opipramol, 67.4% for amitriptyline, 65.1% for moclobemide, 62.7% for diazepam. Psychotrophic drugs, especially antidepressant ones, were seen to be written very often by GPs. [Journal of Turgut Ozal Medical Center 1997;4(1):76-79]
Key Words: Psychotrophic drugs, general practitioner, physician, prescription
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