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Presence of conduct disorder affects antipsychotic treatment outcome in patients with schizophrenia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30716
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clozapine , aggression , antipsychotic , psychiatry , conduct disorder , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology
A study comparing the effects of three antipsychotics in the treatment of violent patients with schizophrenia has found that the presence of conduct disorder affected the difference in outcomes among the three medications. The advantage of clozapine in addressing aggression was greater in patients with a history of conduct disorder, the researchers reported.