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A Survey of Practising Psychiatrists' Views on the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Andrews ,
K. Vaughan ,
R. Harvey  and
G. Andrews
S. Andrews
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Project and Lecturer in Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington NSW 2031, Australia
K. Vaughan
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Project, The Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney NSW 2036, Australia
R. Harvey
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Project, The Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney NSW 2036, Australia
G. Andrews*
Affiliation:
Quality Assurance Project, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2010 Australia
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

Practising psychiatrists' views about the treatment of schizophrenia were investigated as part of a Quality Assurance Project. A questionnaire which asked for treatment recommendations for each of four case descriptions of patients with schizophrenia was mailed to a one-in-six random sample of Australian psychiatrists; 90% responded. Psychiatrists almost uniformly advocated the use of antipsychotic drugs and usually recommended concurrent supportive psychotherapy or family/social intervention procedures. The recommendations varied systematically, according to the initial history obtained and to the initial response to treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 3 , September 1986 , pp. 357 - 364
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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