PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G. Harris AU - J. Latham AU - B. Mcguiness AU - A. H. Crisp TI - The relationship between psychoneurotic status and psychoactive drug prescription in general practice DP - 1977 Mar 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 173--177 VI - 27 IP - 176 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/27/176/173.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/27/176/173.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1977 Mar 01; 27 AB - 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.