ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences2019
Changing trends in anti-psychotic prescription pattern in Pakistan.
Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Antidepressant prescribing patterns and patient-reported adverse effects: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan.Annals of general psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence of antipsychotic polypharmacy in patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in the MENAT and EMRO countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Evaluating Pakistan's mental healthcare system using World Health Organization's assessment instrument for mental health system (WHO-AIMS).International journal of mental health systems · 2024Article
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objectiveThis study was designed to identify the changing trends in Anti-psychotic prescription pattern in Pakistan. It was part of the research project Research on East Asian Psychotropic Prescription Pattern (REAP) carried out to identify the prescription patterns of schizophrenic patients in different countries located in Asia.Our objective was to assess the trend and change of psychotropic drug prescriptions for patients with schizophrenia.
methodsThe design of the study was quantitative and of descriptive epidemiology. This study was carried out from 30
resultsThe main findings of the study were that majority of the patients were prescribed antipsychotic poly pharmacy drug. It was also found that Anxiolytics, anti-depressants and Anti-parkinsonian drugs were also co-prescribed.
conclusionIt was concluded that antipsychotic poly pharmacy along with Anxiolytics, anti-depressants and Anti-parkinsonian drugs were prescribed to patients with schizophrenia in Pakistan.
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