Abstract

PRESCRIPTION PATTERNS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS

Swapna S, Anantha Nagappa Naik, Vaishnavi Naik, Virupaksha Devaramane, Bhandary PV

ABSTRACT

There is no definition that satisfactorily postulates exact limits for the idea of a psychiatric disorder. The perception, like many others in medicine and science which are deficient of a dependable description that covers all circumstances. The prevalence rates in India for ‘mental disorders’ was shown to be 70.5 in rural , 73 in urban and 73 both rural and urban every 1000 population.[1] Mental disorders are demarcated by a diversity of ideas (e.g., distress, disability, inflexibility, irrationality, etiology, and statistical deviation). Mental disorders can be treated with psychiatric medications. The terms have been used interchangeably as psychotropic or psychotherapeutic medications, these medications have altered the lives of people with mental disorders for the better.

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