TY - JOUR T1 - Psychotropic drug prescribing: a self-audit JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 390 LP - 395 VL - 30 IS - 216 AU - J. M. Wilks Y1 - 1980/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/30/216/390.abstract N2 - In my 1971 survey of psychotropic drugs I suggested that the variety of psychotropic drugs and the use of barbiturates and minor tranquillizers ought to be reduced. Five years later these objectives had been achieved. A comparison is made with the national prescription rate in the main categories of psychotropic drugs. The prescription rate of antidepressants was appreciably higher but that of hypnotics and tranquillizers was considerably lower. The net ingredient cost of the drugs prescribed was 33 per cent of the rate for England. Hospital referrals, suicides, and overdoses are related to the national figures. ER -