title: [The recovery model of schizophrenia: could it be currently used?].
abstract: The long-term antipsychotic treatment remains one of the main methods of treatment of schizophrenia. Drug choice is determined by a plethora of factors though two groups of antipsychotics (traditional neuroleptics and atypical antipsychotics) are currently the basic ones. The development of a new generation of atypical antipsychotics has given the possibility to improve significantly treatment
  
  
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  The article presents the data on pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic properties of ziprasidone, its efficacy and safety in schizophrenia, including its treatment-refractory forms.
authors.affiliation: Bekhterev St. Petersburg Research Psychoneurological University, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Zalutskaya