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Prescribing Practice in a Psychiatric Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David J. Hall  and
A. Quentin Gardiner
David J. Hall
Affiliation:
Research Fellow
A. Quentin Gardiner
Affiliation:
From the Department of Mental Health Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
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An analysis of the general results of a drug monitor in a psychiatric unit have been reported previously (Gardiner and Hall, 1971). One of the principal findings of that analysis was that the propensity for ‘untoward events' increased as the number of drugs that a patient received increased. The definition of ‘untoward event’ was that given by Finney (1965)—a‘n event is a particular untoward happening experienced by a patient, undesirable either generally or in the context of his disease. The term is not to be limited either to recognised side-effects of a drug or to incidents that are in some sense unexpected’. This paper takes this particular aspect of the investigation further in an attempt to describe the prescribing practice and to discover any particular drug or combination of drugs that was associated with a high frequency of ‘untoward events'.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 548 , July 1971 , pp. 91 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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