Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10297743 | Comprehensive Psychiatry | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
More severe symptoms and greater insight among schizophrenic inpatients were both significantly if modestly associated with more severe pharmacologic side effects, the former presumably because of the need for higher doses of medication and the latter because of greater medication compliance. In addition, patients with both more severe symptoms and greater insight were even more prone to pharmacologic side effects than others presumably reflecting higher doses and higher compliance. Clinicians treating highly symptomatic but insightful patients, i.e. those most likely to need and to adhere to prescribed medications, may need to be especially vigilant about side effects.
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Authors
Jie Zhang, Robert Rosenheck, Somaia Mohamed, Yanling Zhou, Qing Chang, Yuping Ning, Hongbo He,