High Dose Antipsychotic Use in Schizophrenia: Findings of the REAP (Research on East Asia Psychotropic Prescriptions) Study - Concepedia

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High Dose Antipsychotic Use in Schizophrenia: Findings of the REAP (Research on East Asia Psychotropic Prescriptions) Study

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2004

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Kang Sim, Alex Su, Jern-Yi Leong, KC Yip, Mian-Yoon Chong, Senta Fujii, Shu Yang, Tianmei Si, E.-K. Chung, H.-Y. Tsang,

Pharmacopsychiatry

Abstract

This survey revealed that high antipsychotic dosing is not an uncommon practice in East Asia. It behooves the prescribing clinicians to constantly reevaluate the rationale for such a practice.