Clinician hesitation prior to clozapine initiation: is it justifiable?

Maxine X. Patel

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114777

Clinician hesitation prior to clozapine initiation: is it justifiable?

Maxine X. Patel^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychosis Studies

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Abstract

Clozapine has been endorsed by national clinical guidelines for 10 years and yet underutilisation and delay to initiation remain rife. Although there will be good clinical reasons for clozapine not being initiated for some patients, it is hypothesised here that for others, clinicians' attitudes and preferences are the most likely predictive factors.

Original language	English
Article number	N/A
Pages (from-to)	425-427
Number of pages	3
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	201
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114777
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

RISPERIDONE
SCHIZOPHRENIA

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