Physical ill-health and psychotropic drug prescription – a review

1 November 1978

journal article
review article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine

Vol. 8 (4) , 683-693
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700018882

Abstract

This review collates evidence of substantial physical morbidity in patients who receive psychotropic drugs, and evidence that these drugs are not infrequently prescribed for patients with known physical illness. Minor tranquillizers are the psychotropic drugs most commonly prescribed, and the category of physical illness most likely to be associated with psychotropic medication is cardiovascular disease.

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