Psychopharmacology?

Samenvattingen per hoofdstuk bij de 2e druk van Psychofarmacologie: De effecten van drugs en geneesmiddelen op het menselijk brein en gedrag van Kenemans

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Contemporary, out of all prescriptions dispensed by chemists under the National Health Service, psychotropic drugs account for just under one of five. From 1961 to 1971, there was a 50% increase in prescriptions for these drugs. Out of these drugs, 41% were hypnotics, 38% were tranquillizers, 15% were antidepressants and 6% were stimulants and appetite suppressants. From 1965 to 1961 there was a 32% decrease in the prescription of barbiturate hypnotics and a 43% decrease in the prescription of stimulants and appetite suppressants. Prescription of non-barbiturate hypnotics increased by 166%, the prescription of tranquilizers by 70% and antidepressants by 103%.

The question now is: what influences have led to the increased use of psychotropic drugs: doctors, patients, the pharmaceutical industry, or the government?