International study on antidepressant prescription pattern at 20 teaching hospitals and major psychiatric institutions in East Asia: Analysis of 1898 cases from China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 522-528

  Uchida, Naoki ^a   Chong, Mian Yoon ^f   Tan, Chay Hoon ^h   Nagai, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Mariko ^a   Lee, Min Soo ⁱ   Fujii, Senta ^d   Yang, Shu Yu ^g   Si, Tainmei ^j   Sim, Kang ^f   Wei, Hao ^k   Ling, He Yan ^l   Nishimura, Ryoji ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshichika ^b   Edwards, Glen ^e   Sartorius, Norman ^m   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^c  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SEINAN GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Disaster Victim Assistance Program   (Japan)

^e KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Chang Guan Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Institute of Mental Health   (China)

^k CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Antidepressant; East Asia; International collaboration; Prescription patterns; SSRI

Indexed keywords

ALAPROCLATE; AMINEPTINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXAPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GEPIRONE; IMIPRAMINE; LOFEPRAMINE; MAPROTILINE; MELITRACEN; MIANSERIN; MILNACIPRAN; MIRTAZAPINE; MOCLOBEMIDE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TIANEPTINE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548700621     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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