Key result
Newer antidepressant prescribing patterns across Asia evolved over two decades, linked to specific patient characteristics.
Why the study?
What are the pharmacoepidemiologic trends and factors associated with the use and dosing of newer antidepressants in patients across Asia?
What are the pharmacoepidemiologic trends and factors associated with the use and dosing of newer antidepressants in patients across Asia?
This large multisite study characterizes the evolving prescribing patterns of newer antidepressants across Asia over a two-decade period.
Supports individualized antidepressant approaches in Asian clinical practice; extends multisite longitudinal data over two decades.
This large, multisite study provides a two-decade overview of evolving antidepressant-prescribing patterns in 12 Asian sites and highlights patient characteristics associated with prescription of newer antidepressants and their dosage. Needed are further studies of psychotropic prescribing practices related to specific illness subtypes and their impact on psychosocial functioning over time among Asian patients.
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Ying et al. (2026) studied this question. Newer antidepressant prescribing patterns and dosing across 12 Asian sites evolved over two decades and were associated with specific patient characteristics among 8,357 individuals.
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