Correlates and psychiatric disorders associated with psychotropic drug use in Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Chien, I Chia ^a,b   Bih, Shin Huey ^b,c   Lin, Ching Heng ^d   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^b   Lee, Wen Guang ^a   Lee, Cheng Hua ^b,e   Chou, Pesus ^b  

^a Jianan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Bali Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^d TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correlate; Psychiatric disorder; Psychotropic drug; Taiwan; Use

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISABLED PERSONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79251617024     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0169-3     Document Type: Article

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