Pharm Lecture 1

What is psychopharmacology?

Study of drugs to treat mental disorders
What clinical psychologists should know about pharm.
- -most mental health services are provided by non physician health professionals
- -majority of psychotropic meds are prescribed by GPs not psychiatrists
% of Rx written by psychiatrists for Lithium

62%
% of Rx written by psychiatrists for antipychotics

40%
% of Rx written by psychiatrists for antidepressants

15%
% of Rx written by psychiatrists for anxiolytics

10%
% of Rx written by psychiatrists for sedatives/hypnotics

11%

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Pharm Lecture 1

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Lecture 1

Updated

2012-04-20T01:51:58Z