RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Deliberate self-poisoning: implications for pyschotropic drug prescribing in general practice
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 560
OP 563
VO 27
IS 182
A1 Keith Hawton
A1 Eileen Blackstock
YR 1977
UL http://bjgp.org/content/27/182/560.abstract
AB Several surveys have confirmed that the majority of patients who take an overdose of drugs have seen their general practitioner within the preceding few weeks; as many as a third attend within the previous week. We studied 130 patients who had taken an overdose and interviewed 122 of the general practitioners. We found that they had identified many interpersonal problems and had usually prescribed psychotropic drugs. We question the wisdom of this response and suggest other ways of handling such problems in general practice.