Purpose We used the population-based National Health Insurance database to investigate
correlates and psychiatric disorders associated with psychotropic drug use in Taiwan …

Objective: To identify updated trends in antipsychotic prescribing patterns in patients with
schizophrenia in East Asia. Methods: Using the data from the 2001, 2004, and 2008 …

Objective To describe psychotropic medications prescription patterns among adolescents in
Taiwan; focusing on age, gender, duration of treatments and various classes of psychotropic …

Objectives: The prescription of psychotropic medication used to treat psychiatric disorders
has increased worldwide over the past two decades and has been discussed widely in the …

Purpose This study investigated prescriptions for sedative–hypnotics via data obtained from
the Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) service. Methods Data on sedative …

Abstract Background World Health Organization has prescribed drug use indicators for
evaluating rational prescribing. Very few studies have been conducted on rational …

The purpose of this international collaborative study was to investigate the prescription
patterns of antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia in East Asia and to analyze factors that …

Objectives:(1) to review characteristics of prescription patterns of antipsychotic medication in
China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan,(2) to examine the changes of …

To date, antipsychotics remain the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia and related
disorders although other psychotropic medications and non-pharmaceutical interventions …

Controversy surrounding the extent of prescribing and use of psychotropic drugsVincluding
the benefit-risk balance and the dollar expendituresVhas been ongoing both nationally and …