Publications by authors named "Miko Iwata"

Purpose: Several nationwide population-based studies have reported that patients with psychiatric disorders are at higher risk of developing chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, and metabolic syndrome than the general population; however, there are insufficient studies in the Japanese population. Thus, we aimed to clarify the influence of psychiatric disorders on clinical laboratory data in the Japanese population.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on medical records from the Department of Psychiatry at Fujita Health University Hospital and the 6th National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan Open Data Japan (specific health checkups in 2018) in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

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Purpose: Clozapine is more effective than other antipsychotics and is the only antipsychotic approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. The objective of this study is to reveal the effect of clozapine on employment using a bidirectional mirror-image model.

Patients And Methods: This design was a retrospective observational study that investigated the employment status of patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia based on medical records.

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Objective: Asenapine is a second-generation antipsychotic agent that is classified as a multi-acting receptor-targeted antipsychotic and is similar to olanzapine. Our study aimed to compare the treatment continuation rate and reason for discontinuation of asenapine or olanzapine in schizophrenia using real-world data.

Methods: This design was a retrospective study.

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