Table 4 Psychopharmacological treatment before admission to hospital psychiatric wards and at discharge. Percentages are calculated on patients on treatment, at symptoms onset (FPA only) and at discharge.
Drug | At symptoms onset N (%) | Discharge N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | FPA patients only | FPA | Non-FPA |
Benzodiazepine | 49 (48.0) | 157 (69.2) | 1447 (69.4) |
Antidepressant | 48 (47.1) | 92 (40.5) | 703 (33.7) |
Conventional antipsychotic | 27 (26.5) | 87 (38.3) | 959 (46.0) |
Atypical antipsychotic | 18 (17.6) | 115 (50.7) | 1107 (53.1) |
Mood stabilizer | 7 (6.9) | 48 (21.1) | 726 (34.8) |
Anticholinergic | 3 (2.9) | 27 (11.9) | 234 (11.2) |
Other | 4 (3.9) | 12 (5.2) | 88 (4.2) |
Total N. of patients on treatment | 102 | 239 | 2084 |