Table 3.

Psychotropic prescribing by type during 1 year follow-up.

	All (N=41,500)		Male (N=17,183)		Female (N=24,317)
Psychotropic medication	n	%	n	%	n	%
Typical antipsychotics	2,292	5.5	773	4.5	1,519	6.3
Atypical antipsychotics	3,319	8.0	1,556	9.1	1,763	7.3
Depot antipsychotics	72	0.2	31	0.2	41	0.2
Lithium and other mood stabilisers	1,901	4.6	787	4.6	1,114	4.6
SSRI antidepressants	17,030	41.0	6,280	36.6	10,750	44.2
Tricyclic antidepressants	3,985	9.6	1,519	8.8	2,466	10.1
Other antidepressants	6,580	15.9	2,586	15.1	3,994	16.4
Benzodiazepines	7,637	18.4	3,139	18.3	4,498	18.5
Opioid analgesics	5,605	13.5	2,252	13.1	3,353	13.8
Other anxiolytics and hypnotics	5,592	13.5	2,201	12.8	3,391	13.9
Any psychotropic medication	26,065	62.8	10,405	60.6	15,660	64.4

All analyses restricted to patients with at least one year of follow-up.