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Title Adjunctive mood stabilizer treatment for hospitalized schizophrenia patients : Asia psychotropic prescripton study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Sim, Kang Yong, Kian Hui Chan, Yiong Huak Tor, Phern-Chern Xiang, Yu-Tao Wang, Chuan-Yue Lee, Edwin Ho Ming Fujii, Senta Yang, Shu-Yu Chong, Mian-Yoon Ungvari, Gabor S. Si, Tianmei He, Yan Ling Chung, Eun Kee Chee, Kok Yoon Trivedi, Jitendra Udomratn, Pichet Shinfuku, Naotaka Kua, Ee Heok Tan, Chay Hoon Sartorius, Norman Baldessarini, Ross J. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Recent studies indicate relatively high international rates of adjunctive psychotropic medication, including mood stabilizers, for patients with schizophrenia. Since such treatments are little studied in Asia, we examined the frequency of mood-stabilizer use and its clinical correlates among hospitalized Asian patients diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2001–2008. We evaluated usage rates of mood stabilizers with antipsychotic drugs, and associated factors, for in-patients diagnosed with DSM-IV schizophrenia in 2001, 2004 and 2008 in nine Asian regions : China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Singapore. Overall, mood stabilizers were given to 20.4% (n=1377/6761) of hospitalized schizophrenia patients, with increased usage over time. Mood-stabilizer use was significantly and independently associated in multivariate logistic modeling with : aggressive behaviour, disorganized speech, year sampled (2008 vs. earlier), multiple hospitalizations, less negative symptoms, younger age, with regional variation (Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore>Taiwan or China). Co-prescription of adjunctive mood stabilizers with antipsychotics for hospitalized Asian schizophrenia patients increased over the past decade, and was associated with specific clinical characteristics. This practice parallels findings in other countries and illustrates ongoing tension between evidence-based practice vs. individualized, empirical treatment of psychotic disorders. Received 11 August 2010 ; Reviewed 11 October 2010 ; Revised 18 March 2011 ; Accepted 21 March 2011 ; First published online 18 April 2011 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/164561/1/Content.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
