Psychotherapeutic prescribing patterns in general practice
Wilcox, J.B.
New Zealand Medical Journal 85(587): 363-366
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 271826 Document Number: 122899
An analysis of more than 25 000 prescription items dispensed between January and May 1976 in a rural town (Ashburton) and a city (Dunedin) has indicated that one item out of every eight written in general practice is for a psychiatric symptom, and that of these psychotherapeutic agents, almost three out of every four are written for adult women. In addition it has been shown that the consumption of psychotherapeutic agents in the urban environment of Dunedin city is significantly higher than that in the rural town of Ashburton.