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Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access originally published online on May 28, 2009
Schizophrenia Bulletin 2009 35(4):659-660; doi:10.1093/schbul/sbp051
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Leaping Tall Buildings—The Science-to-Service Gap in Schizophrenia Treatment

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This special section of the Bulletin reflects how far we have come in developing better treatments for persons with schizophrenia and underscores how far we have yet to go to make consistent and sustained differences in the everyday lives of persons with this disorder. The scientific progress impresses, yet the practical challenges of implementation loom large. The section includes 3 excellent articles and a commentary documenting several essential points. (1) At a most basic level, substantial unmet need for care prevails, and about 40%–50% of persons with schizophrenia do not receive any treatment in a given year.1,2 (2) Among those who do receive treatment, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Anthony F. Lehman1,2
2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 W. Pratt Street, Suite 388, Baltimore, MD 21201

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 410-328-6735, fax: 410-328-3693, e-mail: Alehman@psych.umaryland.edu.


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