Off-label use of antipsychotic medications in psychiatric inpatients in China: a national real-world survey

Abstract Background The off-label use of antipsychotic medications is common in many countries, and the extent of such use in psychiatric inpatients in China has not been sufficiently studied. The purpose of this study was to survey the incidence and examine the correlates of off-label antipsychotic...

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Main Authors: Juan Wang, Feng Jiang, Yating Yang, Yulong Zhang, Zhiwei Liu, Xiaorong Qin, Xueqin Tao, Tingfang Liu, Yuanli Liu, Yi-lang Tang, Huanzhong Liu, Robert O. Cotes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03374-0