NYMC Faculty Publications

“Meta-Guidelines” for the Management of Patients with Schizophrenia

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1017/S109285291300014X

Journal Title

CNS Spectrums

First Page

150

Last Page

162

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2013

Department

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Acute Disease, Antipsychotic Agents, Case Management, Guidelines as Topic, Hospitalization, Humans, Patient Care Planning, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

Guidelines for treating various conditions can be helpful in setting practice standards, but the presence of several sets of guidelines from different countries, experts, and settings, written at different times, can also create confusion. Here we provide a "guideline of guidelines" for the treatment of schizophrenia, or "meta-guidelines, which not only reconcile the various existing standards but also update them to include the use of several newer agents, most of which were marketed following the publication of existing standards.

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