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Schizophrenia Bulletin Advance Access published online on March 11, 2008
Schizophrenia Bulletin, doi:10.1093/schbul/sbn011
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Editorial: Has Research Informed Us on the Practical Drug Treatment of Schizophrenia?

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Has the randomized controlled trial (RCT) research over the last 56 years (since antipsychotics were discovered) informed us of the central practical questions the clinician must face on how to medicate persons with schizophrenia? In this editorial, we will consider the degree to which RCT support practice in the following areas.

  1. Choice of drug and indication
  2. Dose
  3. Emergency treatment
  4. Monitoring treatment
  5. When to change drug or augment
  6. Depot medication
  7. Long-term changes and cost
  8. Progression
  9. Other considerations


   Choice of Drugs and Indication
 
We do not know the indication (which patient for which drug) for one antipsychotic versus another or even that one may be uniquely better for an individual patient. We have some information . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Dose
 

   Emergency Treatment
 

   Monitoring Treatment
 

   When to Change Drug or Augment?
 

   Depot Medication
 

   Long-Term Changes and Cost
 

   Progression
 

   Other Considerations
 

John M. Davis1,3 and Stefan Leucht4
2 Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Room 508, Chicago, IL 60612
3 University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Baltimore, MD
4 Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der TU-München, Ismaningerstr. 22, 81675 München, Germany

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 312-413-4570, fax: 312-996-7658, e-mail: jdavis@psych.uic.edu


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