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Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: Updated recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: Updated recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: Updated recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology
These updated guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology replace the original version published in 2011. They address the scope and targets of pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia. A consensus meeting was held in 2017, involving experts in schizophrenia and its treatment. They were asked to review key areas and consider the strength of the evidence on the risk-benefit balance of pharmacological interventions and the clinical implications, with an emphasis on meta-analyses, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials where available, plus updates on current clinical practice. The guidelines cover the pharmacological management and treatment of schizophrenia across the various stages of the illness, including first-episode, relapse prevention, and illness that has proved refractory to standard treatment. It is hoped that the practice recommendations presented will support clinical decision making for practitioners, serve as a source of information for patients and carers, and inform quality improvement.
Guidline, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia
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Barnes, Thomas R.E., Drake, Richard, Paton, Carol, Cooper, Stephen, Deakin, Bill, Gregory, Catherine, Haddad, Peter, Howes, Oliver, Jones, Ian, Joyce, Eileen M., Lewis, Shôn, Lingford-Hughes, Anne, MacCabe, James, Cunningham Owens, David, Patel, Maxime X., Sinclair, Julia, Stone, James M., Talbot, Peter S., Upthegrove, Rachel, Wieck, Angelika and Yung, Alison R. (2020) Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: Updated recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34 (1), 3-78. (doi:10.1177/0269881119889296).

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These updated guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology replace the original version published in 2011. They address the scope and targets of pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia. A consensus meeting was held in 2017, involving experts in schizophrenia and its treatment. They were asked to review key areas and consider the strength of the evidence on the risk-benefit balance of pharmacological interventions and the clinical implications, with an emphasis on meta-analyses, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials where available, plus updates on current clinical practice. The guidelines cover the pharmacological management and treatment of schizophrenia across the various stages of the illness, including first-episode, relapse prevention, and illness that has proved refractory to standard treatment. It is hoped that the practice recommendations presented will support clinical decision making for practitioners, serve as a source of information for patients and carers, and inform quality improvement.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 December 2019
Published date: 1 January 2020
Keywords: Guidline, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia

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Local EPrints ID: 438528
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438528
ISSN: 0269-8811
PURE UUID: 6311a1e9-6b6d-4c75-80ae-977d082b005c
ORCID for Julia Sinclair: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-2025

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Date deposited: 12 Mar 2020 17:34
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: Thomas R.E. Barnes
Author: Richard Drake
Author: Carol Paton
Author: Stephen Cooper
Author: Bill Deakin
Author: Catherine Gregory
Author: Peter Haddad
Author: Oliver Howes
Author: Ian Jones
Author: Eileen M. Joyce
Author: Shôn Lewis
Author: Anne Lingford-Hughes
Author: James MacCabe
Author: David Cunningham Owens
Author: Maxime X. Patel
Author: Julia Sinclair ORCID iD
Author: James M. Stone
Author: Peter S. Talbot
Author: Rachel Upthegrove
Author: Angelika Wieck
Author: Alison R. Yung

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