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Treatment of the patient with long-term schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ann Mortimer
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At most, 15% of patients in Western countries remain free of relapse after their first episode of schizophrenia (Crow et al, 1986). Like many chronic illnesses, schizophrenia can be controlled by appropriate treatment, but there may be a gradual deterioration over time. This encompasses problems such as loss of self-care, communication and community skills; negative symptoms of poverty of affect and ideation; cognitive impairment; behaviour problems such as aggression; and poorly controlled positive symptoms.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 3 , Issue 6 , November 1997 , pp. 339 - 346
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1997 

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