A Nationwide Cohort Study of Oral and Depot Antipsychotics After First Hospitalization for Schizophrenia

Tiihonen, Jari; Haukka, Jari; Taylor, Mark; Haddad, Peter; X. Patel, Maxine; K. Korhonen, Pasi

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10081224

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A Nationwide Cohort Study of Oral and Depot Antipsychotics After First Hospitalization for Schizophrenia

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry • Mar 2, 2011

Authors:

Jari Tiihonen

Jari Haukka

Mark Taylor

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Data on the effectiveness of antipsychotics in the early phase of schizophrenia are limited. The authors examined the risk of rehospitalization and drug discontinuation in a nationwide cohort of 2,588 consecutive patients hospitalized for the first time with a diagnosis of schizophrenia b...

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Hazard ratio

Medicine

Antipsychotic

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