Patterns of drug use in psychiatric inpatient wards
Swett, C.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 40(11): 464-468
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 489528 Document Number: 150064
Drug use was monitored in a total of 2,592 psychiatric inpatients in 6 hospitals. The efficacy was rated as satisfactory in 78% of the drug exposures. Nearly 37% of the patients had an adverse reaction. However, only 1.5% of the reactions were noted as being of major severity.
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