Carolina Medicaid). Patients: Those patients with schizophrenia who received initial prescriptions for risperidone (n = 862 … significantly greater in the risperidone [751 US dollars ($US)] and clozapine ($US1423) groups than in the haloperidol group ($US6 … clozapine group was significantly higher ($US2500.23; p < 0.0001 for clozapine vs risperidone and clozapine vs haloperidol). As …

violent episodes decreased with clozapine. Risperidone represents a new class of novel antipsychotics which, like clozapine … Administration (FDA) of clozapine in 1989, no new antipsychotics had been introduced in the US for at least 10 years. Clozapine was … associated with schizophrenia were also shown to improve with clozapine. However, because of the problem of agranulocytosis and …

as a long-acting injectable formulation. In patients with schizophrenia, long-acting injectable risperidone (25-50mg … symptomatically stable schizophrenia. Pharmacoeconomic models have indicated that long-acting injectable risperidone - relative to …Schizophrenia is a chronic disease that typically manifests during adolescence and early adulthood. Treatment of this …

Relapse of schizophrenia due to poor medication adherence is a major preventable source of psychiatric morbidity. This …

The poor efficacy and tolerability of conventional antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia, together with discovery of …

Adverse effects of antipsychotics are important determinants of patient attitudes towards medications, adherence to … experience of patients results in inadequate communication between the patient and the clinician. The Approaches to Schizophrenia …

schizophrenia and requiring a hospitalisation in the calendar year 1988 or 1992, by primary payer type (Medicare; Medicaid; or …-9-CM) diagnostic code of 295.00 to 295.95, indicating schizophrenia as the primary diagnosis; were hospitalised between … factors, the mean hospital length of stay for schizophrenia decreased by over 1 day (from 10.1 to 9.0; p <= 0.0001) between …

Schizophrenia is possibly the single most costly disorder in psychiatric or somatic medicine, despite a relatively low … be due to an apparent delay in providing treatment early in the course of the illness. Schizophrenia can be regarded as a … treatment for schizophrenia may improve the course of the disorder. Projects aimed at intervening in the prodromal phase of the …

with schizophrenia. This article delineates the various family interventions and the empirical base of these interventions … families of adults with schizophrenia. Providers and organisations need to understand the needs of families, become …