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Table 4 Rates of psychotropic drug classes in BPD (2008–2012)

From: Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: what has changed over two decades? A retrospective evaluation of clinical practice

 

admission N = 58

discharge N = 82

Fisher’s exact (p value)

antipsychotics

34.5

46

0.1639

antidepressants

50.6

67.8

0.0305

hypnotics / sedatives

29.9

24.1

0.4949

mood stabilizers

10.3

9.2

1.0000

withdrawal medication

13.8

35.6

0.0014

Overall

67

94

< 0.0001

  1. Rates in %; N number of patients receiving psychotropic drugs; reference is number of all included patients (87). Bonferroni correction (p < 0.008). Significant p-values are highlighted in bold
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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