Antipsychotic medication and remission of psychotic symptoms 10years after a first-episode psychosis

CONCLUSION:

Our results describe a subgroup of patients who obtained remission while not being on antipsychotic medication at the 10-year follow-up. The finding calls for further investigation on a more individualized approach to long-term treatment with antipsychotic medication.

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Anti psychotic medication is a bane on our existence and the doctors know it. Any doctor with half a brain will periodically reassess their patient to see if he can get off the antipsychotics after the first episode.
If a person has numerous episodes they will still try to prescribe the lowest dose possible to keep that person stable. Anyone who gets treated any differently than that is getting short shrifted by the mental health system