Introduction ow often have you wished that you had an expert on hand to advise you on how
best to help a patient who is not responding well to treatment or is having a serious …

Presents expert consensus guidelines on the treatment of schizophrenia. The guidelines are
organized so that clinicians can locate their patients at any phase of illness and quickly find …

Studies of the quality and consistency of decision making in the medical field, and psychiatry
in particular, demonstrate wide variations in practice patterns that are not explainable in …

The authors' purpose in writing this book is to provide clinicians with practical treatment
recommendations for the optimal care of individuals with schizophrenia. They wrote the …

Objective: To provide a summary of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Schizophrenia …

Originally published in February 2004. This guideline is more than 5 years old and has not
yet been updated to ensure that it reflects current knowledge and practice. In accordance …

Abstract BACKGROUND: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is
co-ordinating the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in psychiatry, funded …

The treatment of schizophrenia in the United States during the twentieth century has been a
national embarrassment. The (approximately) 2 million schizophrenics in the United States …

Although the clinical and administrative rationales for the use of guidelines in the treatment
of schizophrenia are convincing, meaningful implementation has been slow. Guideline …

Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating condition with a global prevalence of
approximately 1% varying by location and diagnostic criterion. 1, 2 The average age of …