International prescribing patterns for mood illness: The international mood network (IMN)

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-139

  Mauer, Sivan ^a   Alahmari, Rami ^a   Vöhringer, Paul A ^a,b   Vergne, Derick E ^a   Lovdahl H ^c   Correa, E ^b   Patkar, A ^d   Pae, C ^e   Strejilevich, S ^f   Dalley, S ^a   Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Sørlandet Hospital   (Norway)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^f Favoloro University   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Database; International; Mood disorders; Patterns; Prescriptions; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG USE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MOOD DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ASIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84903194081     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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