Blakey R
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1986 May;36(286):209-11.
Rates of consultations and prescriptions for patients referred to clinical psychologists, and for these patients' immediate families, were investigated for three-year periods both before and after referral. Patients and their children consulted more and had more medication prescribed before referral than control groups, this tendency being particularly prevalent in the year before referral. After the contact with the psychologist there was a decrease in all these indices in the short term, and there were long-term decreases in psychotropic drug prescriptions for patients and in both consultations and prescriptions for their children.
对转介给临床心理学家的患者及其直系亲属在转介前三年和转介后三年的咨询率和处方率进行了调查。与对照组相比，患者及其子女在转介前咨询更多且开具的药物更多，这种趋势在转介前一年尤为普遍。与心理学家接触后，短期内所有这些指标都有所下降，患者的精神药物处方以及其子女的咨询和处方在长期内都有所减少。
