Preferences for specific antipsychotics among psychiatrists and other physicians changed significantly between 2002 and 2007, new research shows.Although some physicians remained heavily concentrated in their antipsychotic prescribing, sticking with a few agents, others diversified their choice of agent, with "striking" differences by specialty.
"Psychiatrists were most likely to diversify, and their average annual volume of antipsychotic prescriptions was more than 7 times that of the other physicians, the study showed.Led by Julie Donohue, PhD, from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the study was
published online December 16 in
Psychiatric Services."
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