To date, few studies have investigated prescription patterns of psychotropic drugs in
Chinese patients with schizophrenia in general and outpatients in particular. This study …

Prescription patterns of antipsychotic drugs (APDs) are typically sourced from country-
specific data. In this study, a digital pharmacoepidemiological approach was used to …

Aim Antipsychotics off‐label use is common in clinical practice but information is limited in
regards to the trends of antipsychotic use in specific mental disorders in Taiwan. This study …

Objectives To determine changes in antipsychotic drug usage in all South Korean patients
with schizophrenia in 2011–2015 and factors affecting their utilisation in 2015. Design and …

Objective: The goal of this study was to characterize the frequency and trends of
psychotropic drug prescribing in Canadian children from 2010 to 2016 and to compare …

Purpose This longitudinal study aimed to examine the trends in antipsychotics,
antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics/sedatives consumption in Croatia over a 10-year …

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the rates of psychiatric medication users in the
United States between 1999 to 2018 for different medication categories by age and sex …

BACKGROUND: Drug problems are reemerging in China since the nation implemented
economic reform and “open door” policy in the early 1980s. Chinese and the international …

Background: The consumption of psychotropic drugs (PD) is increasing worldwide with a
significant variation between countries. Croatia and Sweden have similar health and …