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Table 3 Off-label prescriptions in different psychiatric diagnoses

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

 

Psychiatric medication

On-label use

Off-label use

No psych.

medication

Organic mental disorders

 N

37

41

109

 %

19.8

21.9

58.3

Alcohol-related disorders

 N

11

17

72

 %

11.0

17.0

72.0

Other drugs

 N

4

5

14

 %

17.4

21.7

60.9

Psychosis

 N

13

3

26

 %

31.0

7.1

61.9

Affective disorders

 N

71

51

223

 %

20.6

14.8

64.6

Anxiety disorders

 N

16

15

37

 %

23.5

22.1

54.4

Reaction to severe stress/adjustment disorder

 N

8

14

70

 %

8.7

15.2

76.1

Dissociative and conversion disorders

 N

0

1

7

 %

0.0

12.5

87.5

Somatoform disorders

 N

11

14

25

 %

22.0

28.0

50.0

Eating disorders

 N

1

1

4

 %

16.7

16.7

66.7

Sleep disorders

 N

0

1

2

 %

0.0

33.3

66.7

Other diagnoses

 N

1

4

17

 %

4.5

18.2

77.3

No psychiatric disorder

 N

4

4

40

 %

6.4

8.5

85.1