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Table 1 Changes in the number of antipsychotics/antidepressants for subjects with schizophrenia/major depression disorder

From: Change of prescription for patients with schizophrenia or major depressive disorder during admission: real-world prescribing surveys from the effectiveness of guidelines for dissemination and education psychiatric treatment project

  

antipsychotics for subjects with schizophrenia*1

antidepressants for subjects with MDD*1

discharge

discharge

monotherapy

polypharmacy

monotherapy

polypharmacy

admission

monotherapy

866 (41.3%)

260 (12.4%)

508 (62.4%)

78 (9.6%)

polypharmacy

254 (12.1%)

718 (34.2%)

92 (11.3%)

136 (16.7%)

  1. MDD, Major depressive disorder; *1: p < 0.00001 (chi-squared test)