Open Access<p>Clozapine Use in Patients with Early-Stage Schizophrenia in a Chinese Psychiatric Hospital</p>
Author(s) -
Wenying Yi,
Shenglin She,
Jie Zhang,
Haibo Wu,
Yingjun Zheng,
Yuping Ning
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s261503
Subject(s) - clozapine , polypharmacy , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antipsychotic , risperidone , psychiatry , atypical antipsychotic , pediatrics
Previous studies suggest that clozapine is commonly underutilized and that its initiation is delayed in patients with first-episode schizophrenia. Knowledge regarding clozapine use among Chinese patients with early-stage schizophrenia is limited. The aim of the present study was to investigate the point prevalence of and patterns and factors associated with clozapine use in patients with early-stage schizophrenia discharged from a psychiatric hospital in China.