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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Early response to antipsychotics predicts psychiatric outcomes.
  • The relationship between early response and extrapyramidal side effects (EPSs) is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if early response to antipsychotic treatment predicts the incidence of EPSs.
  • To determine if early response predicts EPSs in patients who initially showed no side effects.

Main Methods:

  • 136 antipsychotic-naive, first-episode psychosis patients treated with haloperidol.
  • Weekly assessments using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and EPS rating scales.
  • Regression analyses to assess the predictive value of week 2 response on EPS incidence.

Main Results:

  • Greater improvement on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale at week 2 predicted a decreased risk of EPSs (P = 0.004).
  • This prediction remained significant even in patients without early EPS (P = 0.005).
  • Early response predicted decreased parkinsonism and dyskinesia, but not akathisia or dystonia.

Conclusions:

  • Early antipsychotic response is a valuable predictor of both psychiatric outcomes and the risk of developing EPSs.
  • Assessing early response can help anticipate and potentially mitigate the risk of side effects.