Antipsychotic Maintenance Treatment: Time to Rethink?

PLoS Med. 2015 Aug 4;12(8):e1001861. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001861. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Joanna Moncrieff looks at the lack of long-term evidence for antipsychotic medication and considers what is needed to ensure we have the knowledge to maximize benefits and minimize harms.

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antipsychotic Agents / adverse effects
  • Disease Progression
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Humans
  • Maintenance Chemotherapy / methods*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Recurrence
  • Schizophrenia / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents

Grants and funding

No funding was received for this work.