Characterization of antipsychotic utilization before clozapine initiation for individuals with schizophrenia: an innovative visualization of trajectories using French National Health Insurance data

Abstract Aims Despite recommendations to initiate clozapine after two unsuccessful trials of antipsychotics, clozapine is underprescribed and initiated too late. The aim of this study was to describe different antipsychotic treatment sequences in the 36 months before the initiation of clozapine and...

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Main Authors: Edouard-Jules Laforgue, Marion Istvan, Anicet Chaslerie, Pascal Artarit, Geneviève Vallot, Pascale Jolliet, Marie Grall-Bronnec, Caroline Victorri-Vigneau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Series:Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2045796023000732/type/journal_article