Selecting patients for long-acting novel antipsychotic therapy

Abstract

Optimizing outcome for patients with enduring psychotic disorders involves enabling a stable psychopharmacological platform upon which to build a psychosocial therapies programme. Too often, problems with adherence undermine the recovery process. Long-acting novel antipsychotics ensure adherence, with all the advantages inherent in second-generation antipsychotics. Identifying patients a priori who might best respond to the long-acting novel antipsychotics may lead to improving the efficiency of the recovery process.