Takahiro A. Kato, Masaru Tateno, Naotaka Shinfuku, Daisuke Fujisawa et al.
PurposeTo explore whether the ‘hikikomori’ syndrome (social withdrawal) described in Japan exists in other countries, and if so, how patients with the syndrome are diagnosed and treated.MethodsTwo hikikomori case vignettes were sent to psychiatrists in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Japan, Kore...
Takahiro A. Kato, Naotaka Shinfuku, Daisuke Fujisawa, Masaru Tateno et al.
Aim Japanese psychiatrists have increasingly reported patients with depression that does not seem to fit the criteria of the ICD-10 and the DSM-IV, and which has recently been called modern type depression (MTD). We explored whether MTD is frequently seen in Japan and also in other countries, and if...
Shuyu Yang, Lian‐Yu Chen, Eunice Najoan, Roy Abraham Kallivayalil et al.
AIM: The aim of the present study was to survey the prevalence of antipsychotic polypharmacy and combined medication use across 15 Asian countries and areas in 2016. METHODS: By using the results from the fourth survey of Research on Asian Prescription Patterns on antipsychotics, the rates of polyph...
Min Dong, Liang-Nan Zeng, Qinge Zhang, Shu-Yu Yang et al.
OBJECTIVE Regular surveys are important to monitor the use of psychotropic medications in clinical practice. This study examined the psychotropic prescription patterns in adult Asian schizophrenia patients based on the data of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) 2016 survey. METHO...
Chao Tian Tang, Ee Cheong Chua, Qian Hui Chew, Yanling He et al.
INTRODUCTION: Patterns of clinical use of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic drugs in many countries, especially in Asia, for treatment of patients diagnosed with chronic psychotic disorders including schizophrenia are not well established. METHODS: Within an extensive research consortium, w...
Suresh Sundram, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio, Albert Maramis et al.
The psychological and psychiatric impact of great natural disasters are beginning to be understood leading to new methods of prevention, intervention and mitigation. There is limited data from the Asian continent, however, which has been the location of some of the greatest disasters of recent times...
Wen Li, Qinge Zhang, Yi‐lang Tang, Seon‐Cheol Park et al.
Aims Schizophrenia is a major mental disorder with a wide range of psychiatric symptoms. This study explored the structure of psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia using network analysis in a large representative Asian sample based on a survey of clinical features and treatment used in schizophrenia...
Yong Chon Park, Min-Soo Lee, Tian-Mei Si, Helen Chiu et al.
Background Although disorganized speech is seen as one of the nuclear features of schizophrenia, there have been few reports of disorganized speech-associated psychotropic drug-prescribing patterns in large samples of schizophrenia patients. Objective We aimed to examine the prevalence of disorganiz...
Min Dong, Liang-Nan Zeng, Qinge Zhang, Shu-Yu Yang et al.
Background and Objective: Antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) is a controversial topic in the treatment of older adults with schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to examine the use of APP in older adult Asian patients with schizophrenia and its associated demographic and clinical factors. Met...
Yong Chon Park, Shu-Yu Yang, Mian-Yoon Chong, Shigenobu Kanba et al.
The REAP-AP study recruited 3,746 patients with schizophrenia, in March and April 2016, from 71 centers in 15 Asian countries/territories namely Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Our findings...
Hong Seok Oh, Bong Ju Lee, Yu Sang Lee, Ok‐Jin Jang et al.
The augmentation of clozapine with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been an optimal treatment option for patients with treatment- or clozapine-resistant schizophrenia. Using data from the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns for Antipsychotics survey, which was the largest interna...
Mazhar Malik, Usman Ghani, Nariman Awais, Nargis Munir et al.
Objective: Little is known about the prescription pattern of psychotropic drugs for patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristic features of psychotropic drug prescriptions for patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan. Methods: Three centers in...