Utilization of psychiatric drugs in Serbia

Gait characteristics in patients with major depression performing cognitive and motor tasks while walking

“…First, at the time of study, patients were using antidepressant and anxiolytic medication, which could interfere with the results between groups. However, considering the high incidence of benzodiazepine utilization and self-medication in the general population of Serbia, as well as high incidences of benzodiazepine prescription in psychiatric hospitals in Eastern Europe (Jordanova et al, 2011;Divac et al, 2004Divac et al, , 2009, it was difficult to conduct the study with benzodiazepine-free depressive patients. Lemke et al (2000), measuring the same gait parameters, found no significant difference in these parameters between medicated and non-medicated depressed patients.…”

Adherence to depot versus oral antipsychotic medication in schizophrenic patients during the long-term therapy

“…Prolonged polypharmacy with antipsychotic drugs is prevalent in clinical practice 18,19 although, according to relevant guidelines, it may be considered only in some cases of treatment resistant patients 20 . Prolonged polypharmacy with antipsychotic drugs is prevalent in clinical practice 18,19 although, according to relevant guidelines, it may be considered only in some cases of treatment resistant patients 20 .…”

Factors associated with adherence to guidelines of good clinical practice during hospital treatment of patients with the first episode of schizophrenia spectrum disorders

“…In the British study from 2017, the frequency of prescribing AMT was 77.3%, with FGA accounting for 3.9% of prescriptions 44 . These differences in the findings could mean a better adherence to the recommendations of GCP in developed countries, which can be explained by the non-binding nature of our guide and the lack of regulatory bodies that would monitor the prescribing practice, which is mandatory in the Western countries 45 .…”