Real-world effectiveness of antipsychotic treatment in psychosis prevention in a 3-year cohort of 517 individuals at clinical high risk from the SHARP (ShangHai At Risk for Psychosis).

CONCLUSIONS: Administration of antipsychotics to CHR patients is potentially harmful with no preventive benefits. We do not recommend antipsychotic treatment for CHR individuals, which is practiced widely in China, and strongly advise caution if these drugs are used.
PMID: 32436725 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - May 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zhang T, Xu L, Tang X, Wei Y, Hu Q, Hu Y, Cui H, Tang Y, Hui L, Li C, Cao L, Lu Z, Wang J Tags: Aust N Z J Psychiatry Source Type: research