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Change in neuroleptic prescribing practice

Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2QG

Richard Slade, Senior Registrar

Psychiatry Directorate, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9BX

Thomas R.E. Barnes, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Department of Academic Psychiatry, Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PZ

^* Correspondence

Concerns about the use of high doses of neuroleptic medication prompted an audit of prescriptions of these drugs in a large psychiatric hospital. Following an initial audit in 1991 of 196 patients, a follow-up of 192 patients was undertaken in 1993. A significant reduction in levels of neuroleptic medication was found, although doses still tended to remain high.