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Improving Care for Schizophrenic Patients Through Personalized Treatment
Access to information on a patient's antipsychotic plasma levels—the amount of drug circulating in the patient's blood—can reduce prescriber uncertainty, resulting in better care and outcomes for schizophrenia patients.
Sep 28, 2017
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Patients with Severe Schizophrenia Aren't Getting the Help They Need
Clozapine has proven effective for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but the health system is poorly configured to provide it. The drug has possible side effects that require extra patient monitoring, but it saves costs by reducing hospitalizations.
Jul 25, 2016

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Using Claims Data to Examine Hospital Readmission Risk in Patients With Schizophrenia and Comorbid Marijuana Use Disorders
Results suggest that AUD and other drug use disorder are more problematic than marijuana use disorder in terms of repeated hospital admissions for SSD. Marijuana use disorder does not appear to be associated with shorter times until readmission.
Feb 21, 2018
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Primary Care-Mental Health Integration in the VA: Shifting Mental Health Services for Common Mental Illnesses to Primary Care
As assessed in 29 Southern California Veterans Affairs clinics, primary care—mental health integration programs can help ensure that primary care is providing evidence-based stepped care and that patients with more intensive mental health concerns (e.g., psychosis) are appropriately referred to specialty services.
Jan 16, 2018
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Potential Benefits to Patients and Payers From Increased Measurement of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels in the Management of Schizophrenia
Improvements in disease management enabled by antipsychotic plasma level information could improve outcomes for patients with complicated treatment courses and thus improve the value of schizophrenia care.
Jan 12, 2018
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Simulated Effects of Policies to Reduce Diabetes Risk Among Adults With Schizophrenia Receiving Antipsychotics
Policies to promote early diabetes detection among Medicaid patients receiving antipsychotic medication could reduce the rate of diabetes over ten years, but would likely require higher spending.
Sep 28, 2017
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The Role of Antipsychotic Plasma Levels in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
Antipsychotic plasma levels may be used to guide the management of patients with schizophrenia who exhibit poor response or poor tolerance.
Jun 12, 2017
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Alcohol Use and Service Utilization Among Veterans in Treatment for Schizophrenia
Veterans with schizophrenia who misuse alcohol are more likely to miss medications and more likely to use illicit drugs.
May 16, 2017
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Prescribing of Clozapine and Antipsychotic Polypharmacy for Schizophrenia in a Large Medicaid Program
Analysis of prescribing habits for treatment of schizophrenia suggests that some clinicians may underprescribe clozapine and overprescribe multiple antipsychotics; addressing such inconsistencies with the evidence base could improve care.
Mar 16, 2017
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Association Between Quality Measures and Mortality in Individuals with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
This study suggests that the association between process-based measures of care quality and mortality in veterans with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders could be used to improve performance and reduce mortality in this population.
Jun 24, 2016
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Difference in Mental Health Treatment Provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Private Sector
Comparing the quality of mental health care provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and care provided in the private sector, VA performance was superior by more than 30%.
Nov 30, 2015
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Where You Live Matters: Quality and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Schizophrenia Care in Four State Medicaid Programs
Care for Schizophrenia: it matters where you live.
Mar 19, 2015
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Improving Antipsychotic Adherence Among Patients with Schizophrenia: Savings for States
This column presents findings of an analysis conducted to quantify the potential net savings to state budgets from interventions to improve adherence to antipsychotic drugs among patients with schizophrenia.
Feb 2, 2015
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Perceptions of Behavioral Health Care Among Veterans with Substance Use Disorders: Results from a National Evaluation of Mental Health Services in the Veterans Health Administration
Understanding patients' perceptions of care is essential for health care systems.
Jul 9, 2014
Commentary
Improving Physical Health Care for Adults with Serious Mental Illness
A promising strategy for helping adults with serious mental illness gain access to appropriate primary and preventive medical services is to integrate those services into a setting in which the population already receives care.
Apr 14, 2014
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Development of Telehealth Dialogues for Monitoring Suicidal Patients with Schizophrenia: Consumer Feedback
Suicide is a health concern among individuals with schizophrenia. A telehealth system for monitoring suicidal patients with schizophrenia was developed using the Health Buddy©.
Apr 1, 2014
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Clinicians' Utilization of Child Mental Health Telephone Consultation in Primary Care: Findings from Massachusetts
The authors examined utilization of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, a mental health telephone consultation service for primary care, hypothesizing that greater use would be related to severe psychiatric diagnoses and polypharmacy.
Mar 1, 2014
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Beliefs About the Causes of Schizophrenia Among Aymara and Non-Aymara Patients and Their Primary Caregivers in the Central-Southern Andes
The aim of this study is to investigate differences in the beliefs about the causes of schizophrenia between Aymara and non-Aymara patients with schizophrenia and their primary caregivers.
Jan 1, 2014
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Peer Support Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: Assessing the Evidence
Peer support services have demonstrated many notable outcomes. However, studies that better differentiate the contributions of the peer role and are conducted with greater specificity, consistency, and rigor would strengthen the evidence.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
Disparities in Quality of Care Among Publicly Insured Adults with Schizophrenia in Four Large U.S. States, 2002–2008
Examines racial/ethnic disparities in quality of schizophrenia care and assess the size of observed disparities across four U.S. states and over time.
Jan 1, 2014

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Schizophrenia

Topic Synonyms:
Dementia Praecox

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