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Antipsychotic discontinuation linked to greater risk of symptom recurrence
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30131
Subject(s) - discontinuation , medicine , antipsychotic , antipsychotic agent , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pediatrics
Discontinuation of antipsychotic treatment after functional recovery from a single psychotic episode was associated with a high rate of symptom recurrence in an open‐label, nonrandomized study. Resumption of antipsychotic treatment in these patients was associated with clinical remission and a lack of further relapses, the study found.