Anpsychoc Drugs Consumpon in Primary Health Care in Albania During the 2004 - 2016 Period Laerta Kakariqi 1 , Genan Vyshka 2 1 Secon of Pharmacology, Biomedical and Experimental Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania, 2 Biomedical and Experimental Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania Original paper Archives of Psychiatry Research 2020;56:169-180 DOI:10.20471/dec.2020.56.02.05 Received January 02, 2020, accepted aſter revision February 28, 2020 Correspodence to: Genan Vyshka,MD, PhD Secon of Pharmacology, Biomedical and Experimental Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine in Tirana, Albania E-mail: gvyshka@gmail.com Copyright © 2020 KBCSM, Zagreb e-mail: alcoholism.kbcsm@gmail.com • www.hp://apr.kbcsm.hr Abstract - The era of new anpsychocs that started with Clozapine and the ever growing number of newly patented drugs have strongly influenced the paern of drug use and consumpon among psychiatric pa- ents. Authors present a study aiming to assess exclusively the out-of-hospital anpsychoc drug consump- on within Albania, during a period covering thirteen years [2004-2016]. Data were obtained from official sources [Health Insurance Instute] that registers and eventually reimburses all prescripons in this field. Some oulows from the officially reimbursement scheme has been as well reported, due to circulang (but not yet registered) new drugs. A significant trend towards the decrease of consumpon of old, typical an- psychocs is seen; in favour of new and modern drugs whose side effects profile is obviously a beer one. Also, Albania has a lower figure of overall out-of-hospital anpsychoc usage when compared with other countries. Under-diagnosing and under-treatment might be some of the factors leading to such a fact, to- gether with accessibility of psychiatric care and society sgma that sll deeply impregnate the today Albanian society. Keywords: anpsychocs, out-of-hospital care, psychosis, morbidity, atypical anpsychocs Introducon Antipsychotics represent a variegate fam- ily of active principles, aiming to reduce posi- tive symptoms of a psychosis (among other hallucinations, agitation and combativeness) as well as negative ones (such as social isola- tion and emotional flatness). Humanity has ever since its written history exists, attempted to influence thought and behaviour, but an- cient medicine had at hand exclusively plant by-products (opiates, cannabis) that generally produced sedation and induced sleep, with- out modulating the extorted perspective / perception of life, such as encountered dur- ing psychosis. The chance discovery of chlorproma- zine in 1951 and the wide usage of this drug brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk