An international survey of the educational activities of schools of nursing on psychoactive drugs.

A survey of the educational activities of schools of nursing on psychoactive drugs in 99 countries was carried out. All the schools that replied gave specific teaching and many also included the rational use of these drugs. The amount of time devoted to this teaching and the methods used varied greatly. Most schools felt that this topic needed more emphasis and many agreed that guidelines on teaching methods and approaches, as well as broad teaching aims and objectives, would be useful.