RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Use of antibiotics and psychoactive preparations JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 621 OP 627 VO 33 IS 255 A1 G. Keele A1 J. Freeman YR 1983 UL http://bjgp.org/content/33/255/621.abstract 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.