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. 2021 Jun 16;17:1953–1963. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S311429

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The preferred first-chosen pharmacological class, preferred medications and switching patterns were categorized into four groups ((A) SE; (B) UE; (C) SD; (D) UD). Mostly used prescription patterns was ranked from the top of each figure and each distinct pharmacological class was illustrated by different colors. The mean duration of top two first-chosen class of antidepressants was indicated for each subgroup of patients and expressed in months ±standard deviation.

Abbreviations: SE, stable/easy-to-treat; UE, unstable/easy-to-treat; SD, stable/difficult-to-treat; UD, unstable/difficult-to-treat.