Follow Up Q&A – Treatment Of Schizophrenia: Focus On Psychopharmacology & Adherence
During this question and answer session, Henry A. Nasrallah, MD and Roger Sommi, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP respond to unanswered questions from their webinar entitled “Treatment Of Schizophrenia: Focus On Psychopharmacology & Adherence”. The full recording of this webinar can be found at the following link: https://psychu.org/treatment-schizophrenia-focus-psychopharmacology-adherence/.
Topics covered in this follow up include:
Use of antipsychotic drug level monitoring in lieu of pharmacogenomic testing
Differences in neuronal tissue loss between antipsychotic generations
Diet and lifestyle modifiers in prevention of neurodegeneration during psychotic episodes
Metabolic considerations …
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