Very Low-Dose Risperidone in First-Episode Psychosis: A Safe and Effective Way to Initiate Treatment
Patients experiencing a first psychotic episode have high rates of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPSs) when treated with the doses of neuroleptics used in multiepisode or chronic schizophrenia. There is some evidence that lower doses may be equally, if not more, effective but less toxic in this populatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Schizophrenia Research and Treatment |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/631690 |