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Psychotropic prescription in non-psychiatric hospital settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Isabelle Gasquet ,
J. Medioni ,
J. Lellouch  and
J.D. Guelfi
Isabelle Gasquet*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Paul Brousse Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), 12, avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Villejuif 94804 cedex, France Department of Psychiatry, Paul Brousse Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), 12, avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Villejuif 94804 cedex, France
J. Medioni
Affiliation:
INSERM U 472 (Epidemiology and Biostatistic), Villejuif, France
J. Lellouch
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Paul Brousse Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), 12, avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Villejuif 94804 cedex, France INSERM U 472 (Epidemiology and Biostatistic), Villejuif, France
J.D. Guelfi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Paul Brousse Hospital (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), 12, avenue Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Villejuif 94804 cedex, France Clinique des maladies mentales et de l’encéphale, Paris, France
*
*E-mail address:isabelle.gasquet@pbr.ap-hop-paris.fr. (I. Gasquet)
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Summary

A study was conducted to assess differences in psychotropic prescription (PP) in various non-psychiatric hospital settings. After adjustment for demographic, medical and psychological status, rates of PP were significantly lower for surgical, intensive care and outpatients and higher for geriatric patients than for patients in other settings, suggesting inadequate consideration of psychiatric problems in certain contexts, in particular intensive care units.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 17 , Issue 7 , November 2002 , pp. 414 - 418
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 2002

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