Psychiatr. praxi. 2014;15(1):25-28

The census of psychotropic drugs at the Dpt. of Psychiatry in Hradec Králové

MUDr.Zuzana Kopková, prof.MUDr.Ladislav Hosák, Ph.D.

Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Psychiatrická klinika

Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Psychiatrická klinika

Dne 1. února 2013 jsme provedli census psychofarmak na Psychiatrické klinice LF UK a FN v Hradci Králové. Cílem censu bylo zhodnotit,

We performed the census of psychotropic drugs in the patients hospitalized at the Dpf. of Psychiatry in Hradec Králové on the 1st of February,

2013. The aim of the census was to ascertain whether our treatment is in accordance with the guidelines, and no risk combinations

of psychotropics are prescribed. Fifty-five patients (26 males and 2 9 women) at the average age of 52.5 years were hospitalized at our

institution on the day of the census. The patients used 2.1 psychotropic drugs per person on average. Mood disorders and neurotic and

anxiety disorders represented the most frequent diagnostic groups. Antidepressants, especially the dual ones and SSRIs, were the most

frequently prescribed psychotropics (36 patients). Second generation antipsychotics were ordained in 91% of cases of antipsychotic

treatment, especially quetiapine and olanzapine. Forty-two per cent of the hospitalized patients received benzodiazepine anxiolytics.

We only provide this type of medication in acute anxiety or agitation for the shortest possible time.

Keywords: census, psychotropic drugs, Department of Psychiatry in Hradec Králové

Published: March 1, 2014  Show citation