Table 4.

Most frequently psychoactive drug classes taken at study entry, in the first 7 days of hospitalisation and prescribed at discharge (numbers are patients; percentages in brackets refer to total amount of treated/prescribed patients).

DRUG CLASSES	Study entry	During first 7 days	Prescribed at discharge
Benzodiazepines	286 (60.0)	588 (85.7)	470 (69.5)
Typical anti-psychotic drugs	228 (48.3)	391 (57.0)	335 (49.6)
Atypical anti-psychotic drugs	168 (35.6)	287 (41.8)	269 (39.8)
Antidepressants	193 (40.9)	335 (48.8)	292 (43.2)
Mood stabilisers	113 (23.9)	186 (27.1)	197 (29.1)
Other drugs	86 (18.2)	165 (24.1)	122 (18.0)

No. of patients treated at study entry: 472; No. of patients treated during the first 7 days of hospitalisation: 686; No. of patients prescribed at discharge: 676