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Study supports continuous antipsychotic treatment for first‐episode schizophrenia
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30344
Subject(s) - discontinuation , antipsychotic , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , psychiatry , antipsychotic agent , cohort , pediatrics
A nationwide cohort study of patients with first‐episode schizophrenia has found that, contrary to common belief, risk of treatment failure after discontinuation of antipsychotic treatment does not decrease with longer exposure to medication. The findings suggest that in the eight years following a first episode, it is not possible to define a safe time point for discontinuation of antipsychotic treatment.