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1.03 - Advantages of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics

from Part I - Treatment Strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2021

Michael Cummings
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Stephen Stahl
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
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Summary

Schizophrenia-spectrum and other psychotic disorders afflict the bulk of chronically mentally ill individuals [1]. Thus, antipsychotic medications form the core of pharmacological treatment in complex treatment-resistant populations [2].

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Print publication year: 2021

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