Open AccessEffectiveness of Prescription-Based CNS Stimulants on Hospitalization in Patients With Schizophrenia: A Nation-Wide Register Study
Author(s) -
Christopher Rohde,
Christoffer Polcwiartek,
Márton Asztalos,
Jimmi Nielsen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
schizophrenia bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823
H-Index - 190
eISSN - 1745-1701
pISSN - 0586-7614
DOI - 10.1093/schbul/sbx043
Subject(s) - medical prescription , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , register (sociolinguistics) , psychiatry , medicine , pharmacology , linguistics , philosophy
Negative symptoms and cognitive deficits are main features of schizophrenia but with limited treatment options. Earlier studies have suggested that central nervous system (CNS) stimulants have a small effect on these domains, but with inconclusive results. As the first study to date, we aimed to investigate whether CNS stimulants improve naturalistic outcomes (psychiatric admissions and antipsychotic use) in patients with schizophrenia.
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