Purpose Antipsychotics are first-line treatment of schizophrenia. They are often
accompanied by adjunctive treatments, such as antidepressant (AD) or mood stabilizer …

Objective Mood stabilizers (MS) are often used as adjunctive medication in patients with
schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to investigate the real‐world effectiveness of MS …

Importance People with schizophrenia are commonly treated with psychotropic medications
in addition to antipsychotics, but there is little evidence about the comparative effectiveness …

BackgroundDiscontinuation of antipsychotic medication may be linked to high risk of
relapse, hospitalization and mortality. This study investigated the use and discontinuation of …

Objective Early treatment choice is critical in first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
The purpose of this study was to describe prescribing trends of antipsychotics use in patients …

The aim of this study was to investigate the real-world effectiveness of antidepressant use in
persons with schizophrenia. The register-based study cohort included all 61,889 persons …

This study surveyed the use of adjunctive mood stabilizers (MS) and benzodiazepines (BZD)
in older Asian schizophrenia patients and examined their demographic and clinical …

Background Current evidence on antipsychotic treatment and risk of psychiatric
hospitalization in first-episode schizophrenia (FES) is largely based on the findings from …

We focused on the application of antidepressants in schizophrenia treatment in this review.
Augmentation of antidepressants with antipsychotics is a common clinical practice to treat …

Background This study had two aims: to describe patients suffering from first-episode
schizophrenia who had stopped taking any antipsychotic medication, and to gain …