Conformance to Evidence-Based Treatment Recommendations in Schizophrenia Treatment Services

Updated schizophrenia PORT treatment recommendations.

When the original report on the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) was published in this journal (Lehman, Steinwachs et al. 1998), it marked the first systematic, practice-oriented review of treatment approaches for one of the most disabling illnesses. In the intervening years, study has contributed to major changes in approaches to schizophrenia treatment—at least to the early...

The schizophrenia PORT pharmacological treatment recommendations: conformance and implications for symptoms and functional outcome.

This cross-sectional study examines conformance to four of the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT) antipsychotic treatment recommendations, patient and treatment setting characteristics assocated with conformance, and the relationship of conformance with outcome. Two hundred twenty-four inpatients and 358 outpatients with schizophrenia underwent an interview and review of their ...

Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia: recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology.

These guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology address the scope and targets of pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia. A consensus meeting, involving experts in schizophrenia and its treatment, reviewed key areas and considered the strength of evidence and clinical implications. The guidelines were drawn up after extensive feedback from the participants and intereste...

Treatment of asthma in young children: evidence-based recommendations

In the present review, we focus on evidence-based data for the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA), long-acting beta2-agonits (LABA) and oral corticosteroids (OCS), with a special emphasis on well-performed randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses of such trials for the chronic management of asthma/wheeze in infants and preschoolers. RESULTS...

WHO evidence based recommendations on the treatment of tobacco dependence.