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Table 3 Percentages of patients prescribed different psychotropic medications, either in monotherapy or polypharmacy, according to diagnoses.

From: Polypharmacy in psychiatric practice in the Canary Islands

 

F0

F1

F2

F3

F4

Tranquillisers

     

   Benzodiazepines

45.6

85.6

54.8

74.6

91.1

   No Benzodiazepines

11.8

24.6

1.8

0.9

0.4

Antidepressants

     

   SSRIs

23.5

19.8

10.6

53.9

25.5

   Tricyclic Antidepressants

2.9

5.4

7.1

8.6

2.8

   Other Antidepressants

5.9

-

6.2

9.4

2.1

Antipsychotic

     

   Conventional1

26.4

5.4

38.9

3.5

2.6

   Atypical2

30.9

6.0

43.4

2.4

1.4

   Depot

-

-

22.1

0.5

-

Anticonvulsants

1.5

6.6

20.3

6.6

3.5

Anti-parkinsonian drugs

5.9

-

32.7

0.3

0.1

Lithium

-

-

-

1.4

0.1

Average no. of psychotropics

1.7 ± 0.9

1.9 ± 0.9

2.9 ± 1.6

1.9 ± 1.0

1.4 ± 0.7

  1. 1 Conventional antipsychotic mainly include, among others: Haloperidol and Chlorpromazine. 2. Atypical antipsychotic mainly include, among others: Olanzapine and Risperidone. SSRIs: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (F0): Organic including symptomatic mental disorders (F1): Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance abuse (F2): Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F3): Mood (affective) disorders (F4): Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders