Opening question (to each participant) | • Please tell us your name and where you work. |
Introductory questions | • To what extent is the prescribing of psychotropic drugs discussed in your work places? |
• Going back to when you first started to work as a physician (Focus group II: to work in health care), what has been the view on the prescribing of psychotropics through the years? | |
Transition questions | • What are the difficulties with prescribing psychotropics compared to other medicines? |
• The prescribing of psychotropic drugs varies in our country. What is your view on that? | |
• What do you think affects the prescribing of psychotropic drugs? | |
Key questions | • Participants were presented with two fictitious case scenarios, concerning patients with complex clinical problems, partly involving psychotropics and were asked to comment. |
Ending questions | • You have discussed different factors affecting the prescribing of psychotropic drugs. Which factor do you think is the most important? |
• Summary of the discussions by the assistant moderator, followed by the question: How well does this capture what has been discussed? | |
• Have we forgotten anything? | |
• If time allowed, we asked: We will perform more focus group discussions. In what way do you think the current set-up could be improved? |