TY - JOUR T1 - Psychotropic prescribing. What am I doing? JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 480 LP - 483 VL - 31 IS - 229 AU - Michael A. Varnam Y1 - 1981/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/31/229/480.abstract N2 - A descriptive survey of five weeks' psychotropic prescribing by one general practitioner is presented. Out of 1,543 total contacts, 330 had, by defined criteria, a significant psychological problem. A total of 25 different psychotropic drugs were given to 231 different patients. A number of recommendations for change are suggested to provide a more rational pattern of prescribing. ER -