Do the New
Antipsychotics
Make A Difference?
cont. p. 3
Conclusions
The introduction of new antipsychotic drugs has alleviated many of the
problems of side effects for people with psychoses and resulted in obvious
improvements in their quality of life. Hopefully, use of the new antipsychotics
in combination with optimal education and community support, will improve
compliance with treatment and reduce the chance of relapse. It is necessary for
those involved in planning the delivery of services to devise ways to reduce
the duration of untreated psychosis. Evaluations carried out over the next few
years will determine whether these interventions are associated with
improvements in clinical outcomes in the medium term and the long term.
The optimal goal of treatment must be the immediate, complete, and sustained
remission of all symptoms of psychosis in all individuals being treated.
Although we are still a long way from achieving this goal, the new
antipsychotic drugs have narrowed the gap between current and optimal practice.
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