Options for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia?

I have a patient on the long term ward who transferred from a local short term ward, presented with persisting persecutory delusions and command hallucinations with accompanying violence risk, dx was schizophrenia. He came in on Risperidone 4mg BID, had previously been on Haloperidol, Olanzapine, Aripiprazole, and Lurasidone, Didn't want to up the Risperdal because anecdotally I haven't seen much success with doses above 8mg. Given he had failed multiple antipsychotics and the fact he was... Read more
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