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Date Published: 13/01/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v509i2.1845
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Vol. 509 No. 2 (2021)
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Minh Tâm, D., & Nguyễn Ngọc, T. . (2022). TREATMENT OF THE OF ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS WITH BRIEF DEPRESSIVE REACTION. Vietnam Medical Journal, 509(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v509i2.1845

TREATMENT OF THE OF ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS WITH BRIEF DEPRESSIVE REACTION

Dương Minh Tâm1,2, Trần Nguyễn Ngọc1,2,
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital

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Abstract

The study aims to describe treatment of adjustment disorder with  brief depressive reaction. This was a cross-sectional study observing treatment of 66 patients at the National Institute of Mental Health, Bach Mai hospital. All of them were diagnosed with  adjustment disorder with brief depressive reaction (F43.20) that required hospitalization. The results showed that among the antidepressants were used for treatment, Amitriptylin was  the most common medication with the starting dose was 40.3 ± 23.9 mg/day and the highest dose was 75,0 ± 35.4 mg/day. Followed by Remeron with the starting dose was 30.0 ± 13.6 mg/day and the maximum dose was  47.6 ± 14.8. The most common adverse effect of antidepressants was  dry mouth (62.1%).

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the adjustment disorders with brief depressive reaction, treatment

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