Prescribing Pattern of Antidepressant Drugs among General Practitioners and Psychiatrists: a study from Iran

摘要

Aim. ¨C. This. study. was. aimed. to. investigate. the. pattern. of. antidepressant. drugs. prescription. among. general. practitioners. and.psychiatrists. of. Kerman/Iran. with. the. goal. of. preventing. irrational. drug. use.. Methods. ¨C. A. total. of. 279737. prescriptions. by. general.practitioners. and. psychiatrists. of. Kerman. in. 2010? 2011. were. reviewed.. The. frequency. of. antidepressant. drugs. prescription. based. on.patients'. sex. and. age. group. (10?year. age. groups),. the. prescribed. drug. group. and. the. prescriber. (general. practitioner. or. psychiatrist). was.assessed.. Results.?.In. whole,. 3.1%. of. prescriptions. included. antidepressant. drugs.. Females`. share. of. receiving. antidepressant. drugs. was.63.7%. and. males'. was. 36.3%.. Maximum. prescription. rate. was. for. the. age. group. of. 30?39. years. (28%),. while. the. lowest. rate. of.antidepressant. drugs. prescription. belonged. to. the. age. groups. of. fewer. than. 10. years. and. over. 80. years.. While. 59.3%. of. prescriptions.containing. antidepressant. drugs. had. been. written. by. psychiatrists,. 68.2%. of. patients. referred. to. the. psychiatrists. had. received.antidepressants..Selective. serotonin. re? uptake.specific. inhibitors. (SSRIs). were. included. in. approximately. 52.6%. of.prescriptions. containing.antidepressant. drugs.. Tricyclic. antidepressants. (TCA). with. 37.4%. prevalence. rate. were. in. the. second. rank.. Conclusion. ¨C. SSRIs. followed. by.TCAs. attained. the. highest. rate. of. prescription. by. both. general. practitioners. and. psychiatrists.. Low. rate. of. antidepressant. drugs. in. the.prescriptions.of.general.practitioners.warrants.more.studies