Combining depot antipsychotic with an assertive monitoring programme for treating first-episode schizophrenia in a resource-constrained setting

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-62

  Chiliza, Bonginkosi ^a   Ojagbemi, Akin ^c   Esan, Oluyomi ^c   Asmal, Laila ^a   Oosthuizen, Piet ^a   Kidd, Martin ^b   Gureje, Oye ^c   Emsley, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Developing country; Psychotic disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL DECANOATE; LORAZEPAM; ORPHENADRINE; PROPRANOLOL; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; FLUPENTIXOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASSERTIVE MONITORING PROGRAMME; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALGARY DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DSM-IV; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EXCITEMENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NIGERIA; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENT SCALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE-BREF SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FLUPENTHIXOL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954026436     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12141     Document Type: Article

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