PMID: 32672696Jul 17, 2020Paper

EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA BASED ON THE DURATION OF REMISSION

Georgian Medical News
О MruhV Mruh

Abstract

Duration of remission (DR) is the equivalent of the risk of re-hospitalization, which is considered as evidence of unsuccessful completion of the prescribed treatment. The evidence of DR informativeness as a criterion for effectiveness of prescriptions is distribution of DR values among patients with re-hospitalization during the observation period. The aim of the study is to analyse the duration of remission as a criterion for the effectiveness of prescribing atypical antipsychotic drugs and psychotherapy for patients with paranoid schizophrenia. 4 groups of patients were formed: the study group No. 1 includes patients who received atypical antipsychotic drugs; the study group No. 2 includes patients who received atypical antipsychotic drugs and psychotherapeutic cortrection (PC); the control group No. 1 includes patients receiving typical antipsychotic drugs; the control group No. 2 includes patients who received typical antipsychotic drugs and PC. The total number of examined patients was 164 people, the average age was 29.25±13.5 years, the number of patients with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia was 118, with a diagnosis of acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with symptoms of schizophrenia - 46. The average duration ...Continue Reading

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