COMPLIANCE T O D RUG P RESCRIBING P ATTERN A MONG M ENTAL D ISORDER P ATIENTS, U SING WHO P RESCRIBING I NDICATORS I N D EPARTMENT O F P SYCHIATRY A T A T ERTIARY C ARE H OSPITAL I N MANDYA: A C ROSS SECTIONAL S TUDY

*Dr. T Balasubramanian, Basil Kuruvilla and Dr. Vik neswari A

ABSTRACT

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to diagnosis, prevention and treatment of mental dis
order; these include
maladaptation’s related to mood, behaviour, cognition and perception. According to WHO 450 million people
currently suffer from mental disorder, treatments are provided by various mental health professionals. A mental
disorder is chara cterised by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or
behaviour. It is usually associated with distress or impairment in important areas of functioning. And International
agencies like the World Health Orga nisation (WHO) and the International Network for Rational Use of Drugs
(INRUD) have recommended standard drug use indicators, which help us know the shortcomings in our
prescription writing. In this cross sectional studies discus about the compliance to dr ug prescribing pattern among
mental disorder patients, using who prescribing indicators a total 152 patients and their records helped to conduct
this study in a tertiary hospital. We concluded that the average number of drugs per encounter with an ideal WH O
value was higher than the ideal value. The percentage of drugs prescribed in generic form and the percentage of
encounters with antibiotics are lower than their ideal values. And the percentage of encounters with injections is
slightly higher than the id eal value. This all obtained value doesn’t meet the ideal WHO value. Treatments are
provided by various mental health professionals.

Keywords: According to WHO 450 million people currently suffer from mental disorder, treatments are provided by various me ntal health professionals.