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This article is about how residents prescribe antipsychotics for people with schizophrenia, including their knowledge and beliefs about them.

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Why is it important?

Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental illness, where pharmacotherapy remains a mainstay of treatment. The exisiting evidence base and clinical practice show discrepancies.

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An interesting read that will hopefully inspire psychiatry trainees to review the literature for themselves.

Dr. Anees Bahji
Queen’s University

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This page is a summary of: Gaps in Psychiatric Training Could Challenge Delivery of Optimal Schizophrenia Pharmacotherapy, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0706743717739549.
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