Antipsychotic use in a resource-limited setting: Findings in an Eastern Cape psychiatric hospital

Background: Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are commonly prescribed despite the fact that large, naturalistic studies have failed to show superior efficacy and tolerability when compared with first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs). In addition to this, the availability of SGAs in the South A...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Eloff, Willem Esterhuysen, Kavendren Odayar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-07-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1093