For more information see section 4 in the full guidance.
You may wish to familiarise yourself with some of the main psychiatric drugs, their common uses, adverse effects and withdrawal reactions. Table 1 offers a summary of this information.
N.B. More than one psychiatric drug can be prescribed at any one time. For example, an antidepressant may be prescribed at the same time as a benzodiazepine. Also, some drugs classed primarily as ‘psychiatric’ may be used to treat physical health conditions. For example, Tegretol can be prescribed to help with migraine.