作者
Chih-Ken Chen, Shu-Yu Yang, Seon-Cheol Park, Ok-Jin Jang, Xiaomin Zhu, Yu-Tao Xiang, Wen-Chen Ouyang, Afzal Javed, M Nasar Sayeed Khan, Sandeep Grover, Ajit Avasthi, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Kok Yoon Chee, Norliza Chemi, Takahiro A Kato, Kohei Hayakawa, Pornjira Pariwatcharakul, Margarita Maramis, Lakmi Seneviratne, Kang Sim, Wai Kwong Tang, Tin Oo, Norman Sartorius, Chay-Hoon Tan, Mian-Yoon Chong, Yong Chon Park, Naotaka Shinfuku, Shih-Ku Lin
发表日期
2023/7/1
期刊
Asian Journal of Psychiatry
卷号
85
页码范围
103613
出版商
Elsevier Science BV
简介
Objective
Mood stabilizers are psychotropic drugs mainly used to treat bipolar disorder in the acute phase or for maintenance therapy to prevent relapse. In clinical practice, mood stabilizers are commonly prescribed for conditions other than bipolar disorder. This study investigated the distribution of mood stabilizer prescriptions for different psychiatric diagnoses and studied differences in the drugs, dosage, and plasma concentration in 10 Asian countries including Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
Methods
Patients prescribed mood stabilizers (lithium, carbamazepine, valproic acid, or lamotrigine) for a psychiatric condition other than bipolar disorder (codes F31.0–F31.9 in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification) were recruited through convenience sampling. A website-based data entry system was used for …
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