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Long term use of neuroleptics by schizophrenic patients
R Williams1, J T Dalby, J Kennedy
1Dept. of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
1. Use of antipsychotic medications by schizophrenic patients. 2. Side effects of typical neuroleptics. 3. Dosage strategies for treating schizophrenia. Evidence that high dosage treatment and rapid neuroleptization concepts should be abandoned. 4. Minimal effective dosage in maintenance treatment. Studies attempting to define this regimen. 5. Blood levels of antipsychotics and their clinical relevance. 6. New research strategies, focusing on a) case definition, b) target symptoms, c) clinically stable patients, d) dosage reduction studies.