Table 4. Numbers of prescribing indicators related to mental health in each prescribing problem and medication category.
| Prescribing Problem | PIM Independent of Diagnoses or Conditions |
PIM Considering Diagnoses or Conditions |
DDI | Inappropriate Duration | Inappropriate Dose | Monitoring | Omission | Others | Total: n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medication Category | |||||||||
| Antipsychotics | 45 | 85 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 191 (17.3%) |
| Antidepressants | 42 | 102 | 67 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 241 (21.8%) |
| Sedative, hypnotics and anxiolytics | 119 | 75 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 317 (28.7%) |
| Mood stabilisers | 2 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 88 (8.0%) |
| Anti-dementia | 27 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 (4.4%) |
| ADHD medications | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 (2.2%) |
| Anticholinergics | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 (5.1%) |
| Non-Specific Psychotropics | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 (1.4%) |
| Non-MH medication with MH condition | 0 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 (11.3%) |
| Total: n (%) | 269 (24.3%) | 447 (40.4%) | 153 (13.8%) | 74 (6.7%) | 74 (6.7%) | 53 (4.8%) | 8 (0.7%) | 28 (2.5%) | 1106 (100%) |
ADHD: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. DDI: drug-drug interaction. MH: Mental Health. PIM: potentially inappropriate medication