title: “Meta-guidelines” for the management of patients with schizophrenia.
abstract: Guidelines for treating various conditions can be helpful in setting practice standards, but the presence of several sets of guidelines from different countries, experts, and settings, written at different times, can also create confusion. Here we provide a "guideline of guidelines" for the treatment of schizophrenia, or "meta-guidelines, which not only reconcile the various existing standards but also update them to include the use of several newer agents, most of which were marketed following the publication of existing standards.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry,University of California-San Diego,San Diego,California,USA.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.affiliation: 3Neuroscience Education Institute,Carlsbad,California,USA.
authors.forename: Debbi A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Morrissette
authors.affiliation: 5New York Medical College,Valhalla,New York,USA.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Citrome
authors.affiliation: 6San Antonio State Hospital,Texas Department of State Health Services,San Antonio,Texas,USA.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Saklad
authors.affiliation: 4California Department of State Hospitals,Sacramento, California,USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry,University of California-San Diego,San Diego,California,USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: 4California Department of State Hospitals,Sacramento, California,USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: O'Day
authors.affiliation: 4California Department of State Hospitals,Sacramento, California,USA.
authors.forename: Laura J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Dardashti
authors.affiliation: 4California Department of State Hospitals,Sacramento, California,USA.
authors.forename: Katherine D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Warburton
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019090:Case Management; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents