{"title":"Medication‐free treatment for psychosis – an alternative to antipsychotics?","authors":"N. Chakraborty","doi":"10.1002/pnp.730","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A striking BBC headline reported: ‘How Norway is offering drug‐free treatment to people with psychosis’. On first impression this suggests a revolutionary treatment option in psychosis, or even an alternative to antipsychotic medication. In this review, Professor Chakraborty explores the past, present and future of the treatment of psychosis/schizophrenia in the context of these headlines and discusses the relevance to current treatment guidelines of psychosis in the UK.","PeriodicalId":43913,"journal":{"name":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pnp.730","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A striking BBC headline reported: ‘How Norway is offering drug‐free treatment to people with psychosis’. On first impression this suggests a revolutionary treatment option in psychosis, or even an alternative to antipsychotic medication. In this review, Professor Chakraborty explores the past, present and future of the treatment of psychosis/schizophrenia in the context of these headlines and discusses the relevance to current treatment guidelines of psychosis in the UK.
期刊介绍:
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is published nine times a year, and is a journal for specialists in secondary care, GPs with an interest in neurology and psychiatry, community psychiatric nurses and other specialist healthcare professionals. Articles cover management, news updates and opinion in all areas of neurology and psychiatry.