Background: Research on patients with chronic psychotic disorders in rural areas is scarce.
Those patients may not receive adequate mental health care. Mental health disparities …

Antipsychotics have been utilized as the standard treatment for schizophrenia regardless of
illness phase where antipsychotic monotherapy (APM) is routinely recommended as the …

Background A goal of China's 2012 National Mental Health Law is to improve access to
services and decrease urban versus rural disparities in services. However, pre-reform data …

Background Benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZRAs) are commonly used clinically and
data on their hazardous use from large populations of psychiatric patients is limited. Aims To …

Background: Modified Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in rural settings may be
effective in the care of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) that are difficult to engage in …

Background Evidence increasingly suggests minimal differences in efficacy between oral
antipsychotics for the pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia. As a result, newer …

Schizophrenia (SZ) is a severe psychiatric disorder associated with a dysregulation of the
immune system. Immune-related genes and environmental factors including stress, food …

Background Schizophrenia patients have increased risks of adverse outcomes, including
violent crime, aggressiveness, and suicide. However, studies of different adverse outcomes …

Prescription habits are affected by a variety of factors, including the healthcare system,
financing schemes, medical traditions, consumers' choices, and the overall sociocultural …

Polypharmacy is common in ageing populations, but its impact on older adults' health and
the role of diabetes are uncertain. This PhD aimed to better understand the prevalence and …