Assessment of psychotropic medicines utilization patterns for the treatment of mental and neurological disorders in Public Hospitals of Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A record-based study.

Antipsychotics (48.1%) and antidepressants (25.7%) were the most commonly used psychotropic medicines.

Typical antipsychotics were prescribed more often (73.86%) than atypical antipsychotics (26.14%).

Treatment shift was undertaken in 11.5% of patients.

Close to 10% of psychiatric patients had a treatment switch, mostly because of poor improvement, relapse, side effects, and non-adherence.