Correlates of rehospitalisation in schizophrenia.

CONCLUSIONS: Rehospitalisation rates were higher for patients under the age of 50 and those with shorter index admissions; the latter finding requires further study. Other than the beneficial effect of clozapine, the type and route of prescribed antipsychotics did not significantly affect rehospitalisation rates.
PMID: 26906441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Australasian Psychiatry - February 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dey S, Menkes DB, Obertova Z, Chaudhuri S, Mellsop G Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research