Abstract
Objective:
Aim of this study was to evaluate psychopharmacologic interventions in Manisa Mental Health Hospital's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in-patient unit, which is one of the few inpatient child psychiatry clinics in Turkey.
Method:
Medical records of patients treated between September 2011 and September 2012 in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry inpatient unit of Manisa Mental Health Hospital were retrospectively evaluated. Medications used were divided into subgroups (antipsychotics, antidepressants, etc.).
Results:
Out of 212 patients, 201 (94,8%) had used one psychotropic agent during treatment. Antipsychotics were the most commonly chosen drugs (84,9%) in the treatment process. When groups were evaluated by frequency of drug use, other common medications were antidepressants, anxiolytic and mood stabilizers, respectively. 152 patients (76,9 %) had used at least two psychotropic agents, simultaneously. Results of our study have suggested antipsychotics being the most commonly used psychotropic medication (84,9%).
Discussion:
Results of our study were discussed along with updated data from relevant literature and results that have been reported by similarly designed studies. We believe increasing research in this relatively understudied fi eld and sharing experiences shall make great contribution to mental health of children and progress of outpatient and inpatient services, still evolving to this date.
Keywords: Inpatient treatment, pharmacotherapy, child, adolescent, polypharmacy
