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1Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, Toulon Naval.
Abstract:
The authors review the various methods of evaluating quality of life in schizophrenics and note the limitations of that type of method in terms of both form and content. In practical terms, the patients' cognitive disorders may constitute a bias when the questionnaire is addressed. Using a 'subjective quality of life profile' by Gerin et al., the authors interviewed 22 patients presenting with 'recalcitrant schizophrenia' and treated with clozapine for more than 3 years. The patients were asked to assess the change in their quality of life by comparison with previous neuroleptic chemotherapies. For all the items investigated, the responses were in favor of clozapine.
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