Table 3

Commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs by GPs

% of total patients prescribed (SD)

Three most frequently prescribed drugs (percentage of each drug group)

Anxiolytics

40.6 (20.5)

diazepam (76.7)

chlorazepate (10.3)

lorazepam (9.4)

Antidepressants

30.2 (19.8)

amitriptyline (94.5)

fluoxetine (4.0)

nortriptyline (1.5)

Antipsychotics

22.7 (17.7)

haloperidol (88.5)

chlorpromazine (9.4)

perphenazine (1.8)

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