Time to wake up and smell the coffee: antipsychotic medication and schizophrenia: commentary
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2008
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Jones, M.
Grey, R.
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Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2008; 15(4):344-348
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Introduction: Arguably over the past 10 years the most ground-breaking research to emerge in the treatment of people with schizophrenia has been in the area of people choosing to discontinue treatment, rather than engaging in treatment. Liebermanet al.(2005), in a naturalistic controlled trail, identified that 74% of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia discontinued treatment with antipsychotic medication after an 18-month period. The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of Lieberman and colleagues' research for the role of theMHN in the UK. A brief synopsis of the researchis provided followed by the description of theimplications for MHN and the wider NationalHealth Service (NHS).
The role of the MHN whoprescribes is also explored. This outlines how some of the implications of Lieberman's researchmay be addressed through increasing the numbersof MHN who prescribe in order that the realworld health efficacy of antipsychotic medicationcan be maximized.
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Copyright 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation Blackwell Publishing