An audit of first prescription of new patients attending a psychiatry walk-in-clinic in north India.

Findings of the present study with respect to olanzapine and risperidone being the two most commonly prescribed antipsychotics in India for psychotic disorders are in keeping with the findings of the survey done among the Indian psychiatrists[ 9 ] and research reports from other centers in India.[ 8 ] Studies from many Western countries also suggest an increasing trend of prescription of atypical antipsychotic medications.[ 1 12 13 ] However, the percentage of atypical antipsychotic prescribed as noted in the present study is much higher than that reported in studies on patients with schizophrenia from other eastern countries.[ 14 15 ] Similarly, in the present s

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