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Table 5 Prescription of psychotropic medicine by physicians.

From: Multiple barriers against successful care provision for depressed patients in general internal medicine in a Japanese rural hospital: a cross-sectional study

 

Major depressive disorder

n = 27

Any mood disorder

n = 52

 

n

%

n

%

Antidepressant (including sulpiride)

2

7.4

5

9.6

Anxiolytic/Hypnotic

16

59.3

22

42.3

No psychotropic medicine

11

40.7

29

55.8

  1. % is in patients with depressive disorder evaluated by the PHQ.
  2. Patients prescribed both antidepressant and anxiolytic/hypnotic: Major depressive disorder (2), any mood disorder (4).
  3. One patient with major depressive disorder who was prescribed an antidepressant from another hospital was not included.