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How Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Schizophrenia Begins: A Longitudinal Perspective

DOI

14

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0

References

2011

Year

Masaki Shinfuku, Hiroyuki Uchida, Chisa Tsutsumi, Takefumi Suzuki, Koichiro Watanabe, Yasutoshi Kimura, Yasuhiro Tsutsumi, K. Ishii, Yasushi Imasaka, Masaru Mimura,
Pharmacopsychiatry

Abstract

Routine practice deviates significantly from algorithms--with polypharmacy often being initiated early, often a without trial of other options, and once started commonly stays.