Psychotropic medication
Psychotropic prescription patterns in Asian adult patients with schizophrenia varied across countries. Regular surveys on psychotropic medications for schizophrenia are important to monitor pharmacotherapy practice in Asia 1).
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Dong M, Zeng LN, Zhang Q, Yang SY, Chen LY, Najoan E, Kallivayalil RA,
Viboonma K, Jamaluddin R, Javed A, Hoa DTQ, Iida H, Sim K, Swe T, He YL, Park Y,
Ahmed HU, De Alwis A, Chiu HFK, Sartorius N, Tan CH, Chong MY, Shinfuku N, Lin
SK, Avasthi A, Grover S, Ng CH, Ungvari GS, Xiang YT. Prescription of
antipsychotic and concomitant medications for adult Asian schizophrenia patients:
Findings of the 2016 Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns (REAP)
survey. Asian J Psychiatr. 2019 Aug 26;45:74-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.08.010.
[Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 31520884.