Table 3.

Prescription medication classifications dispensed upon discharge from the hospital unit

Medication class	No. of prescriptions
Antidepressants
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors	220
Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors	45
Tricyclic antidepressants	18
Mixed mechanism antidepressants (trazodone, bupropion, mirtazepine)	178
Mood stabilizers (including lithium, carbamazepine, divalproex, lamotrigine, as well as gabapentin, topiramate, and oxcarbazepine)	207
Antipsychotics, oral
Atypical	243
Typical	21
Anxiolytics
Hydroxyzine	74
Buspirone	9
Benzodiazepines	29
Miscellaneous psychiatric medications (anticholinergics, αlpha agonists and antagonists, dopamine agonists, sedative/hypnotics, naltrexone, acamprosate)	53
Total prescriptions provided	1,097
Controlled substances dispensed (lorazepam, clonazepam, diazepam, zolpidem, temazepam)	34
Average no. of prescriptions provided per patient	2.17