Country variations in depressive symptoms profile in Asian countries: Findings of the Research on Asia Psychotropic Prescription (REAP) studies

Chee KY 1 , Tripathi A 2 , Avasthi A 3 , Chong MY 4 , Xiang YT 5 , Sim K 6 Show all authors , Si TM 7 , Kanba S 8 , He YL 9 , Lee MS 10 , Fung-Kum Chiu H 11 , Yang SY 12 , Kuga H 8 , Udormatn P 13 , Kallivayalil RA 14 , Tanra AJ 15 , Maramis M 16 , Grover S 3 , Chin LF 17 , Dahlan R 18 , Mohamad Isa MF 19 , Ebenezer EG 20 , Nordin N 21 , Shen WW 22 , Shinfuku N 23 , Tan CH 24 , Sartorius N 25

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, India
  • 3 Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India
  • 4 Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center and School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
  • 5 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
  • 6 Institute of Mental Health, Buangkok View, Buangkok Green Medical Park, Singapore
  • 7 Department of Psychiatry, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, Beijing, China
  • 8 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 9 Department of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai, China
  • 10 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
  • 11 Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • 12 Department of Pharmacy, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 13 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
  • 14 Department of Psychiatry, Pushpagiri Medical College, Thiruvalla, India
  • 15 Department of Psychiatry, Hasanuddin University Faculty of Medicine, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia
  • 16 Dr. Soetomo Hospital - Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
  • 17 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 18 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Kajang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 19 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital, Kedah, Malaysia
  • 20 Department of Psychiatry, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine, Perak, Malaysia
  • 21 Mesra Hospital, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 22 Departments of Psychiatry, TMU-Wan Fang Medical Center and School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
  • 23 Department of Psychiatry, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
  • 24 Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • 25 Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes, Geneva, Switzerland
Asia Pac Psychiatry, 2015 Sep;7(3):276-85.
PMID: 25641910 DOI: 10.1111/appy.12170

Abstract

This study was to assess differences in the symptom profile of depressive illness across various countries/territories in Asia. The study was a part of the Research on Asia Psychotropic Prescription project. The participating countries/territories include China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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