Outpatient treatment of schizophrenia
Abstract
The authors discuss the treatment of 575 schizophrenic patients over the past 15 years. They describe a shift the patients have experiences from reliance on inpatient treatment to heavy use of outpatient services. The have found that effective outpatient treatment for these patients involves a program of nearly continuous administration of neuroleptic medication combined with counseling and social and crisis services. A major component of the outpatient management of these schizophrenic patients is the education of the patients in how to regulate their own medication within a prescribed range. This educational component appears to add a measure of precision that enhances the safety and reliability of the treatment program.
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