A Study on Prescribing Practices in Psychiatric Outpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Mental health disorders affect a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, or behavior and include conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) defines mental disorder as a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychologic, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning. The present study aimed to assess prescribing patter of anti-epileptic drugs in a tertiary care hospital. In our study 46-56 years age patients were more 44 (36.66%) as compared to other ages. In our study male patients were more 66 (55%), as compared to female patients were 54 (45%). Type of Prescribed drugs for Psychiatric disorders treatment includes generic drugs prescribed patients were more 94 (78.33%), as compared to banded drugs prescribed patients were 26 (21.66%).Clozapine prescribed drugs patients were more 24(20%), as compared to other prescribed drugs. A periodical training program on prescription writing especially using the WHO core prescribing indicators helps to pave a better way for understanding and to know the importance of prescription writing among healthcare professionals which ultimately leads to a better health care system for the community. Also, a detailed history collection about the patient’s comorbid conditions and concomitant drugs can help to overcome unwanted drug interactions.