Recovery in remitted first-episode psychosis at 7 years of follow-up of an early dose reduction/discontinuation or maintenance treatment strategy long-term follow-up of a 2-year randomized clinical trial

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 913-920

  Wunderink, Lex ^a,b   Nieboer, Roeline M ^a   Wiersma, Durk ^b   Sytema, Sjoerd ^b   Nienhuis, Fokko J ^b  

^a Department of Research and Education Friesland Mental Health Services ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

EID: 84883542097     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.19     Document Type: Article

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