Title |
The development and trial of a medication discontinuation program in the department of forensic psychiatry
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Published in |
Annals of General Psychiatry, February 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12991-015-0049-z |
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Authors |
Kenji Murasugi, Teruomi Tsukahara, Shinsuke Washizuka |
Abstract |
When treating mentally ill criminal offenders, improving medication adherence is essential to achieving goals, such as long-term stabilization of symptoms and the prevention of recidivism. Most subjects who are treated under the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act have schizophrenia, which is considered a particularly difficult disorder for which to improve medication adherence. For such patients, we developed a Medication Discontinuation Program (MDP) that aims to improve medication adherence by discontinuing antipsychotic drugs and monitoring changes in psychiatric symptoms. We examined whether there was any utility for the MDP on a trial basis as well as whether it would be worthwhile to introduce the MDP to psychiatric programs. |
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