title: Prevalence of atypical antipsychotic use in psychiatric outpatients: comparison of women of childbearing age with men.
abstract: To characterize current treatment practices, we compared the use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among women of childbearing age to men based on electronic medical records of 1073 hospital-based psychiatric outpatients given at least one second-generation antipsychotic drug. One quarter of psychiatric outpatients sampled were prescribed at least one atypical antipsychotic, in more than half of cases for off-label indications. Women were significantly more likely than men to be diagnosed with mood or anxiety disorders than psychotic disorders and to be prescribed quetiapine (60.7 vs. 48.0 %) or aripiprazole (31.2 vs. 23.9 %), but less likely risperidone (15.8 vs. 26.1 %) or ziprasidone (10 vs. 14 %).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Ulas
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Camsarı
authors.forename: Adele C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Viguera
authors.forename: Laurel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ralston
authors.forename: Ross J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baldessarini
authors.forename: Lee S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056687:Off-Label Use; D010045:Outpatients; D015995:Prevalence; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D018687:Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents