Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Psichiatria, Università de L'Aquila.
J Trauma Stress. 2011 Feb;24(1):129-32. doi: 10.1002/jts.20607. Epub 2011 Jan 19.
Because natural disasters provoke an increase in mental and medical disorders in survivors, an increase in psychotropic prescriptions has been observed following disasters. This study assesses the pharmacoepidemiology of antidepressant and antipsychotic drug prescriptions after an earthquake in Italy by using an administrative database. Statins and diabetic medications served as control medications. Comparison of the rates in the 6 months after the earthquake to the same period one year before revealed a 37% increase of new prescriptions for antidepressants and a 129% increase for antipsychotic prescriptions. Older age and female gender was associated with the increased number of prescriptions.
由于自然灾害会导致幸存者的精神和医疗障碍增加，因此人们观察到灾害后精神类药物的处方数量有所增加。本研究通过使用行政数据库评估了意大利地震后抗抑郁药和抗精神病药处方的药物流行病学。他汀类药物和糖尿病药物作为对照药物。与前一年同期相比，地震后 6 个月的比率显示抗抑郁药新处方增加了 37%，抗精神病药处方增加了 129%。年龄较大和女性与处方数量的增加有关。
