A Network Analysis of Psychiatric Symptoms in Patients With Schizophrenia Treated With Antipsychotic Polypharmacy Using Propensity Score Matching: Findings From the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns (<scp>REAP</scp>) Study
Psychiatric symptoms closely associated with APP included verbal aggression, grossly disorganized/catatonic behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. For patients with schizophrenia who are primarily exhibiting such symptoms, alternative appropriate treatment strategies should be considered.
Authors
- Norman Sartorius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8708-6289)
- Takahiro A. Kato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5169-2930)
- Lian‐Yu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-1613)
- Seon‐Cheol Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-4624)
- Naotaka Shinfuku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7390-9077)
- Sandeep Grover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-2055)
- Yu‐Tao Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-0029)
- Shih‐Ku Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-0389)
- Kang Sim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-9626)
- Kok Yoon Chee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5755-9572)
- Roy Abraham Kallivayalil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1991-3796)
- Qinge Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-7579)
- Chee H. Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-2732)
- Wen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-0804)
- Yanling He
- Gábor S. Ungvári (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-4764)
- Ajit Avasthi
Institutions
- Kobe International University (JP)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (KR)
- Kyushu University (JP)
- National Chung Hsing University (TW)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- University of Macau (MO)
- Hospital Kuala Lumpur (MY)
- Pushpagiri Medical College (IN)
- Shanghai Mental Health Center (CN)
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Beijing Anding Hospital (CN)
- The Geneva Association (CH)
- Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Institute of Forensic Science (CN)
- Institute of Mental Health (SG)
- Melbourne Clinic (AU)
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Hanyang University (KR)
- Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Kobe University (JP)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Asia-Pacific Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/appy.70005
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.24
Funders
- Universidade de Macau
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission
- National Key Research and Development Program of China