Attitudes and behaviour towards psychotropic drug prescribing in Swedish primary care: a questionnaire study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prescribing of psychotropic drugs, i.e. antidepressants, sedatives (anxiolytics, hypnotics), and antipsychotics is considerable and a large proportion is prescribed by general practitioners (GPs). There are concerns about dependency and medicalisation, and treatment decisions in psychiatry may appear arbitrary. Increased knowledge of GPs' opinions on the prescribing of psychotropics may lead to more rational use of these drugs. We aimed to quantify GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviour towards various aspects of psychotropic drug prescribing.

Methods

A questionnaire was distributed to physicians in all 199 GP practices in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden. The questions concerned determinants of psychotropic drug prescribing that had been identified in a previous

SUBMITTER: Svensson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6321667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature