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. 1979 Nov;40(11):464-8.

Patterns of drug use in psychiatric inpatient wards

  • PMID: 489528

Patterns of drug use in psychiatric inpatient wards

C Swett Jr. J Clin Psychiatry. 1979 Nov.

Abstract

Drug use was monitored in a total of 2,592 psychiatric inpatients in 6 hospitals. The efficacy was rated as satisfactory in 78% of the drug exposures. Nearly 37% of the patients had an adverse reaction. However, only 1.5% of the reactions were noted as being of major severity.

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