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Table 2 Off-label prescriptions of psychiatric drugs

From: Off-label prescription of psychiatric drugs by non-psychiatrist physicians in three general hospitals in Germany

Class of drug

Responses

N

Percent (%)

Low-potency antipsychotics

36

17.2

Atypical antipsychotics

38

18.2

Typical antipsychotics

6

2.9

Benzodiazepines

54

25.8

Other hypnotics

6

2.9

SSRI

25

12.0

Mirtazapine

9

4.3

Tricyclic antidepressants

7

3.3

Lithium

2

1.0

Pregabalin

6

2.9

Others

20

9.6

Total

209

100.0

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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X