Concurrent benzodiazepine use in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia

• Main Authors: Xiao-Mei Zhong, Fei Wang, Qinge Zhang, Gabor S Ungvari, Chee H Ng, Helen F K Chiu, Tian-Mei Si, Kang Sim, Ajit Avasthi, Sandeep Grover, Mian-Yoon Chong, Kok-Yoon Chee, Shigenobu Kanba, Min-Soo Lee, Shu-Yu Yang, Pichet Udomratn, Roy A Kallivayalil, Andi J Tanra, Margarita M Maramis, Winston W Shen, Norman Sartorius, Rathi Mahendran, Chay-Hoon Tan, Naotaka Shinfuku, Yu-Tao Xiang
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/124368/1/10.%20Concurrent%20benzodiazepin.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124368/2/C-10.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124368/3/10.%20Concurrent%20benzodiazepine%20use%20in%20older.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/124368/; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-psychogeriatrics/article/concurrent-benzodiazepine-use-in-older-adults-treated-with-antidepressants-in-asia/1CB62970587B83C74DE61E4E39D026AF
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Abstract ABSTRACTBackground:Little is known about the combined use of benzodiazepines and antidepressants in older psychiatric patients. This study examined the prescription pattern of concurrent benzodiazepines in older adults treated with antidepressants in Asia, and explored its demographic and...