Table 1.

The categories of medicine.

Medicine category	USTC (n = 33)	AHMU (n = 35)
SSRIs	22	19
SNRIs	10	12
SARIs	1	2
NaSSAs	8	7
NRIs	0	1
Antipsychotics	16	16
Anti-convulsantsa	1	12
Non-benzodiazepine hypnotic	9	4
Anti-anxietyb	1	4
χ2	14.33
p	0.074

Note:

^aAnticonvulsants mainly include valproate and benzodiazepines, used for bipolar disorder or insomnia, and discontinued during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

^bThe anti-anxiety category includes buspirone and tandospirone.

Abbreviations: USTC, University of Science and Technology of China; AHMU, Anhui Medical University; SSRIs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; SNRIs, serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors; SARIs, serotonin antagonist/reuptake inhibitors; NaSSAs, norepinephrine and specificity serotonergic antidepressants; NRIs, selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.