Table 3.

Pharmacological Variables of Our Sample

Variables		Sample
		Male N=136 (45%)	Female N=164 (55%)	Total N=300 (100%)
Drugs, n (%)
Oral and/or long-acting antipsychotic	Present	100 (74%)	99 (60%)	199 (66%)
	Absent	36 (26%)	65 (40%)	101 (34%)
Mood stabilizer	Present	22 (16%)	34 (21%)	56 (19%)
	Absent	114 (84%)	130 (79%)	244 (81%)
Benzodiazepine	Present	69 (51%)	110 (67%)	179 (60%)
	Absent	67 (49%)	54 (33%)	121 (40%)
Antidepressant	Present	61 (45%)	117 (71%)	178 (60%)
	Absent	75 (55%)	47 (29%)	122 (40%)
Other drugs	Present	11 (8%)	27 (16%)	38 (13%)
	Absent	125 (92%)	137 (84%)	262 (87%)
Modality of therapy administration, n (%)
Oral		116 (85%)	148 (90%)	264 (88%)
Long-acting		5 (4%)	1 (1%)	6 (2%)
Other or more than one modality		15 (11%)	15 (9%)	30 (10%)
Mono- or polytherapy, n (%)
Monotherapy		36 (26%)	22 (13%)	58 (19%)
Polytherapy		100 (74%)	142 (87%)	242 (81%)