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Mental health policy and practice across Europe: an overview

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164 <strong>Mental</strong> <strong>health</strong> <strong>policy</strong> <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> <strong>practice</strong><br />

Figure 7.1 EU comparative prescribing of main drug classes, 2002 (SU per 1000<br />

population)<br />

Source : IMS Health Third Study. See Note 1.<br />

Table 7.15 Antidepress<strong>an</strong>t prescribing 1996–2001 in the Nordic countries in DDD<br />

per 1000 inhabit<strong>an</strong>ts<br />

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001<br />

Denmark 20.5 24.1 27.1 30.3 33.5 –<br />

Finl<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> 23.5 25.4 27.4 31.8 35.5 39.4<br />

Norway 30.9 31.5 31.8 36.1 41.4 –<br />

Sweden 34.8 32.0 37.5 41.7 48.8 –<br />

Table 7.16 Antipsychotic prescribing 1996–2001 in the Nordic countries in DDD per<br />

1000 inhabit<strong>an</strong>ts<br />

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001<br />

Denmark 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.9 –<br />

Finl<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> 15.2 15.0 14.7 15.2 15.3 15.7<br />

Norway 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.0 –<br />

Sweden 9.3 7.8 8.3 8.5 8.6 –<br />

although the direction of causality was disputed. Comparative data on the<br />

decline in psychiatric inpatient beds is available from the WHO’s ‘<strong>Europe</strong><strong>an</strong><br />

Health for All’ database. These data give a picture of a common direction of

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