Psychiatric Drug Study. Part II. Mental Hygiene Clinic Survey, Day Treatment Center Survey, Day Hospital Survey

摘要

This is the second in a series of three reports on the 1978 Psychiatric Drug Survey. The purpose of this report is to describe the usage of psychiatric drugs in three Veterans Administration (VA) outpatient treatment settings: mental hygiene clinics, day treatment centers and day hospitals. No attempt is made to evaluate the ordering practices or the effectiveness of treatment. Correlation between diagnoses and drug orders is made, and the types of drug, including antipsychotic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, antiparkinson, and sedative-hypnotic drugs, are statistically described as they are distributed. Incidence of tardive dyskinesia and the types of drugs causing the syndrom are described.