Open AccessAdverse Drug Reactions and their Impact on Quality of Life in Patients on Antipsychotic Therapy at a Tertiary Care Center in Delhi
Author(s) -
Shalini Chawla,
Santhosh Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.207332
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , risperidone , antipsychotic , adverse effect , olanzapine , quality of life (healthcare) , adverse drug reaction , incidence (geometry) , drug reaction , drug , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , physics , nursing , optics
Adverse drug reactions (ADR) due to antipsychotic therapy have significant impact on a psychiatric patient's quality of life. Few studies have been conducted in India to monitor adverse drug reactions due to antispsychotics and none has been done to determine their impact on quality of life.