title: Changes in antipsychotic medication in clients of assertive community treatment in Japan: a one-year follow up.
abstract: The purpose of the present one-year follow-up study was to describe and investigate the change in the amount of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for ACT (assertive community treatment) clients in Japan. Subjects were 52 clients of ACT from January 2009 to December 2009. Prescription data were collected each month from the time the clients entered into ACT. The results of a Wilcoxon signed-rank test show that the dosage of antipsychotics significantly decreased from 1,131.3 mg to 731.3 mg over the course of the 12 months (Z = -2.505, p = 0.012).
authors.affiliation: Department of psychiatry, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center for Global health and Medicine, 1-7-1 Kohnodai, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hazama
authors.forename: Tamaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sono
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ito