Objective To understand the current situation of the use of psychotropic drug off-label prescribing for nonorganic sleep disorder patients,and to provide evidence for the development of the expert consensus on off-label prescribing of psychoactive drugs in psychiatry.Methods Patients discharged in 2017 with nonorganic sleep disorders were enrolled in the study.The off-labelled prescribing of psychoactive drugs questionnaire was used to investigate the records retrospectively.The off-label prescribing situation was confirmed by the drug label in China.Results A total of 294 patients were enrolled.The total rate of off-labelled prescription was 70.1％ (206/294),the rate of off-labelled indication was 68.4％ (201/294),the rate of off-labelled population was 14.3％(41/294),and the rate of off-labelled dose was 5.4％ (16/294).Conclusion Off-label usage of psychotropic drugs is common and to standarize off-label prescribing with close supervision should be considered.

Objective To understand the current situation of the use of psychotropic drug off-label prescribing for nonorganic sleep disorder patients,and to provide evidence for the development of the expert consensus on off-label prescribing of psychoactive drugs in psychiatry.Methods Patients discharged in 2017 with nonorganic sleep disorders were enrolled in the study.The off-labelled prescribing of psychoactive drugs questionnaire was used to investigate the records retrospectively.The off-label prescribing situation was confirmed by the drug label in China.Results A total of 294 patients were enrolled.The total rate of off-labelled prescription was 70.1％ (206/294),the rate of off-labelled indication was 68.4％ (201/294),the rate of off-labelled population was 14.3％(41/294),and the rate of off-labelled dose was 5.4％ (16/294).Conclusion Off-label usage of psychotropic drugs is common and to standarize off-label prescribing with close supervision should be considered.