International study on antidepressant prescription pattern at 40 major psychiatric institutions and hospitals in Asia: A 10-year comparison study

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 366-374

  Chee, Kok Yoon ^a   Tripathi, Adarsh ^b   Avasthi, Ajit ^c   Chong, Mian Yoon ^d   Sim, Kang ^e   Yang, Shu Yu ^f   Glover, Sandeep ^c   Xiang, Yu Tao ^g   Si, Tian Mei ^h   Kanba, Shigenobu ⁱ   He, Yan Ling ^j   Lee, Min Soo ^k   Chiu, Helen Fung Kum ^l   Kuga, Hironori ⁱ   Mahendran, Rathi ^m   Udormatn, Pichet ⁿ   Kallivayalil, Roy A ^o   Tanra, Andi J ^p   Maramis, Margarita ^q   Shinfuku, Naotaka ^r   Shen, Winston W ^s   Tan, Chay Hoon ^t   Sartorius, Norman ^u   more..

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^f TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g University of Macau   (Macao)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^k Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^l CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁿ PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^o Pushpagiri Medical Society   (India)

^p HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^q AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^r KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^t NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^u President of the Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Antidepressant; Asia; Prescription pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DULOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; THAILAND; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942986080     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12176     Document Type: Article

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