TY - JOUR T1 - The relationship between psychoneurotic status and psychoactive drug prescription in general practice JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 173 LP - 177 VL - 27 IS - 176 AU - G. Harris AU - J. Latham AU - B. Mcguiness AU - A. H. Crisp Y1 - 1977/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/27/176/173.abstract N2 - Psychoneurotic scores in a sample of all patients between the ages of 17 and 70 in a group practice have been studied, and the relationship with psychoactive drug prescribing examined. In addition some social factors have been studied, namely, the use of alcohol and tobacco, and self-medication. The psychoneurotic scores of those prescribed psychoactive drugs are significantly higher than those for the general population, but do not fall after treatment. ER -