ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the drug utilization of hospitalized children in psychiatric hospital and analyze its the rationality.Methods A retrospective study was conducted to survey the utilization of psychotropic drugs in hospitalized children between January 2016 and June 2016,and according to drug instruction,its the rational-ity was analyzed.Results The top three used psychotropic drugs were aripiprazole,sertraline and sodium valproic sustained -release tablets.The types of drugs without safety data were at most and most frequently used.Diagnosis was not consistent with indications for totally 12 kinds of drugs,aripiprazole involved the most cases.A total of 5 drugs existed usage not matching drug instruction,and sodium valproic sustained -release tablets accounted for the most. Conclusion Irrational use of drugs in psychiatric hospital is still common at present.Clinical pharmacists can improve rationality of drug utilization of hospitalized children in psychiatric hospital by creating a drug database and carrying out pharmaceutical care.