Delay to first antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: impact on symptomatology and clinical course of illness

GL Haas, LS Garratt, JA Sweeney - Journal of psychiatric research, 1998 - Elsevier
… , duration of illness, first- vs multiple-episode status, or dosage of antipsychotic medication at
… failure to initiate antipsychotic treatment early in the course of the illness may be associated …

The long-term effects of antipsychotic medication on clinical course in schizophrenia

DC Goff, P Falkai, WW Fleischhacker… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
… not possible to conclude from available clinical imaging studies whether the brain volume
loss observed during the course of illness is attributable to antipsychotics or to the underlying …

Partial adherence to antipsychotic medication impacts the course of illness in patients with schizophrenia: a review

PS Masand, M Roca, MS Turner… - … care companion to the …, 2009 - legacy.psychiatrist.com
… Given the impact of adherence behavior throughout the course of illness, we consider it
essential for clinicians to be vigilant in recognizing adherence problems among their patients …

Review Do atypical antipsychotic medications favorably alter the long-term course of schizophrenia?

JR DeQuardo, R Tandon - Journal of psychiatric research, 1998 - Elsevier
… in modifying the natural course of symptomatology in schizophrenic illness? (ii) Do atypical
… the illness. Antipsychotic medications are now the mainstay of the treatment of this disorder. …

Subjective illness theory and antipsychotic medication compliance by patients with schizophrenia

A Holzinger, W Löffler, P Müller, S Priebe… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
… This study investigates subjective illnessillness and which course of illness they expect.
The predictive value of those theories for patients’ compliance with antipsychotic medication is …

Awareness of illness and nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among persons with schizophrenia

M Olfson, SC Marcus, J Wilk, JC West - Psychiatric Services, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
illness on the clinical presentation, management, and course of nonadherence to antipsychotic
medications … report on presentation, management, and course for one adult patient with …

Antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: a review

J Lally, JH MacCabe - British medical bulletin, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… in the early stages of the illness, where medication partial or non-adherence can have
devastating effects on the longer-term illness course. Interventions include psychoeducation, …

Adherence to antipsychotic medications

DO Perkins - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1999 - psychiatrist.com
… In addition, numerous studies suggest that repeated symptom exacerbations, especially
early in the course of a psychotic illness, can worsen the course and prognosis of the disease.…

Stability and development of psychotic symptoms and the use of antipsychotic medication–long-term follow-up

DR Gotfredsen, RS Wils, C Hjorthøj, SF Austin… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
illness regarding course and outcome. However, only few of the cohort studies have investigated
the relationship with antipsychotic medication on a long-term basis (Harrow et al. 2012; …

Time course of improvement with antipsychotic medication in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

T Suzuki, G Remington, T Arenovich… - The British Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
… being 5.2 (marked illness). For the pooled population treated with a range of antipsychotics
(n =1019… that the majority of improvement with antipsychotics may occur relatively early. More …