Prevalence and Prescription of Antidepressants in Depression with Somatic Comorbidity in Asia: The Research on East Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns Study

Background: Depression is often comorbid with chronic somatic diseases. Few previous studies have investigated the prevalence of somatic diseases in depression or the prescription pattern of antidepressants in comorbidly depressed patients in Asia. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of s...

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Main Authors: Chao Chen, Tian-Mei Si, Yu-Tao Xiang, Gabor S Ungvari, Chuan-Yue Wang, Yan-Ling He, Ee-Heok Kua, Senta Fujii, Kang Sim, Jitendra K Trivedi, Eun-Kee Chung, Pichet Udomratn, Kok-Yoon Chee, Norman Sartorius, Chay-Hoon Tan, Naotaka Shinfuku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2015-01-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2015;volume=128;issue=7;spage=853;epage=858;aulast=Chen