Table 1.

Medication prescribed by general practitioners for PTSD Vignette 3.^a

Medication	%b(n)
SSRI specified	42.9 (185)
‘Antidepressant’	25.3 (109)
None prescribed	14.4 (62)
Short-term sedative	12.8 (55)
Medium-term sedative	5.1 (22)
Tricyclic antidepressant	7.7 (33)
β-blockers	4.4 (19)

^an = 431 (2 missing).

^bPercentages do not add up to 100 as more than one drug may have been prescribed. PTSD = post-traumatic stress disorder. SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.