TY - JOUR T1 - Use of antibiotics and psychoactive preparations JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 621 LP - 627 VL - 33 IS - 255 AU - G. Keele AU - J. Freeman Y1 - 1983/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/621.abstract N2 - 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. ER -