Relapse prevention in first-episode schizophrenia: role of long-acting injectables
January 14, 2015…ed with brain volume changes (Andreasen et al. Am J Psychiatry 2013;170:609-615; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835590/). Inadequate treatment early in the course of illness may be associated with poorer outcomes. A 15-year follow-up study found that two-thirds of patients experienced at least one relapse, and that after each relapse, 17% could no longer achieve remission. Only 26.8% of first-episode patients experienced a…