Wing-King Lee1, Kwok-Leung Au Yeung2, Ho-Bun Lam3, Chi-Keung Wong4, Ting-Chi Wong2, Chi-Kin Fu5, Shiu-Kow Sham2, Ming-Kai Au2, Tat-Chung Lam6, Daniel Ki-Yan Mak7. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Kwai Chung Hospital, Hong Kong, China. 2. Private Practice, Hong Kong, China. 3. Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong, China. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China. 5. Private Practice, Education, Prevention and Publication Subcommittee, The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 6. Private Practice, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 7. Private Practice, The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To develop a local consensus to guide medical practitioners and psychiatrists on the use of bupropion in different psychiatric conditions in Hong Kong. METHODS: By utilizing the modified Delphi technique, a group of 10 local physicians with extensive experience in the management of major depressive disorder (MDD) developed and voted (using an anonymous, electronic voting system) on the practicality of recommendation of a set of consensus statements on the clinical use and understanding of bupropion in Hong Kong. RESULTS: There was a very high degree of agreement among the panelists on the 11 finalized consensus statements. CONCLUSIONS: The present consensus statements are developed as general recommendations for medical practitioners and psychiatrists to be practically referred to in clinical settings.
OBJECTIVES: To develop a local consensus to guide medical practitioners and psychiatrists on the use of bupropion in different psychiatric conditions in Hong Kong. METHODS: By utilizing the modified Delphi technique, a group of 10 local physicians with extensive experience in the management of major depressive disorder (MDD) developed and voted (using an anonymous, electronic voting system) on the practicality of recommendation of a set of consensus statements on the clinical use and understanding of bupropion in Hong Kong. RESULTS: There was a very high degree of agreement among the panelists on the 11 finalized consensus statements. CONCLUSIONS: The present consensus statements are developed as general recommendations for medical practitioners and psychiatrists to be practically referred to in clinical settings.
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