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Mental health policy and practice across Europe: an overview

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Table 7.14 <strong>Europe</strong> comparative prescribing of major drug classes by country (2002) (SU per 1000 population)<br />

All <strong>an</strong>tidepress<strong>an</strong>ts SSRIs Anxiolytics Antipsychotics Psychostimul<strong>an</strong>ts<br />

Austria 18,639 8,774 12,411 8,165 109<br />

Belgium 26,691 11,473 38,583 9,040 885<br />

Denmark* – – – 17,661 –<br />

Finl<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> 20,759 10,207 22,201 112,259 –<br />

Fr<strong>an</strong>ce 26,893 11,024 39,960 9,868 77<br />

Germ<strong>an</strong>y 17,438 2,351 7,719 10,310 681<br />

Greece*** 11,656 5,717 21,682 8,466 8<br />

Irel<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>*** 20,906 8,450 16,400 6,768 23<br />

Italy 11,155 5,792 23,416 5,558 –<br />

Luxembourg*** 17,786 8,397 31,530 5,861 1,191<br />

Netherl<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>s** 16,754 8,339 16,643 4,275 1,423<br />

Portugal*** 22,659 10,384 59,131 9,881 –<br />

Spain** 18,673 10,923 37,824 9,615 262<br />

Sweden* – – – 10,710 –<br />

United Kingdom 25,623 10,169 6,960 3,838 667<br />

* No IMS date available.<br />

** No data available for Spain (hospital) until 1999 <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> from Netherl<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>s (retail) until 2000.<br />

*** Data from retail p<strong>an</strong>els only.<br />

Source: IMS Health Third Study. See Note 1.

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