title: Antipsychotics: is it time to introduce patient choice?
abstract: Evidence regarding overestimation of the efficacy of antipsychotics and underestimation of their toxicity, as well as emerging data regarding alternative treatment options, suggests it may be time to introduce patient choice and reconsider whether everyone who meets the criteria for a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis requires antipsychotics in order to recover.
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hutton
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shiers
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Turkington
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents