Table 1.
Most common medications prescribed, requested on psychiatric advance directives, and refused on psychiatric advance directives among 123 persons with severe mental illnessa
| Medication | Prescribed at baseline
|
Requested on psychiatric advance directive
|
Refused on psychiatric advance directive
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Risperidone | 32 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Valproate | 31 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 9 |
| Benztropine | 22 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| Trazodone | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Olanzapine | 18 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 |
| Haloperidol | 17 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 30 | 24 |
| Fluoxetine | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
| Sertraline | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Clonazepam | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Quetiapine | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithium | 15 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 23 |
| Bupropion | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Fluphenazine | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Paroxetine | 9 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Carbamazepine | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Venlafaxine | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Aripiprazole | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Escitalopram | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Lorazepam | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Ziprasidone | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Gabapentin | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Trifluoperazine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Chlorpromazine | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 |
| Thioridazine | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
a
Medications are listed if they were mentioned in one or more categories by at least five participants