PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - G. Keele AU - J. Freeman TI - Use of antibiotics and psychoactive preparations DP - 1983 Oct 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 621--627 VI - 33 IP - 255 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/621.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/621.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1983 Oct 01; 33 AB - This is a report of selected aspects of a larger study of 70 general practitioners. The method involved a detailed study of performance over a period of three days using rating scales and check-lists to assess competence. A possible relationship between competence and rate of antibiotic prescribing was found. There was variation in the extent of psychiatric history-taking when psychoactive preparations were used. Advice about potential side effects was given in only a third of instances when a psychoactive preparation was prescribed for a new episode of illness.