Comparisons of the costs of psychotropic medications: an update

Psychiatr Med. 1991;9(2):349-59.

Abstract

This is an update of a review on the cost of psychotropic drugs. It provides realistic tables to clinicians and patients on the short and long term costs of prescribing and taking medication for psychiatric disorders, and recommendations on how to minimize their expense.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Dosage Forms
  • Fees, Pharmaceutical*
  • Humans
  • Lithium / therapeutic use
  • Mental Disorders / drug therapy*
  • Mental Disorders / economics
  • Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Dosage Forms
  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Lithium