Table 2.

Prescription rate of the most frequently prescribed psychotropics (> 5% of all patients) for men and women with mean dosage and standard deviation

Substance	All patients (N = 1044)	Mean dosage [mg]
Quetiapine	24.1% (252)	272.4 ± 208.7
Lorazepam	18.1% (189)	2.2 ± 1.8
Mirtazapine	15.0% (157)	30.5 ± 14.9
Venlafaxine	12.7% (133)	185.0 ± 79.7
Sertraline	11.1% (116)	99.1 ± 49.6
Olanzapine	10.0% (104)	11.0 ± 7.1
Escitalopram	8.1% (85)	15.0 ± 6.7
Trazodone	6.8% (71)	149.3 ± 77.9
Citalopram	6.7% (70)	29.8 ± 13.0
Duloxetine	6.3% (66)	85.9 ± 34.6
Risperidone	5.8% (61)	2.5 ± 1.5
Chlorprothixene	5.6% (59)	107.7 ± 151.1
Trimipramine	5.7% (60)	93.6 ± 83.3
Pregabalin	5.2% (54)	270.0 ± 182.5
…	…	…
Paroxetine	3.7% (39)	32.3 ± 15.8

Further included is paroxetine (approved in Germany, Austria and Switzerland)