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Combination therapy benefits early-stage schizophrenia patients

09 September 2010

Psychosocial therapy combined with antipsychotic treatment improves medication adherence, insight, quality of life, and social functioning, and reduces relapse risk in patients with early-stage schizophrenia compared with antipsychotic treatment alone, research shows.

Memory in bipolar I disorder linked to early functional outcomes

09 September 2010

Results from a Canadian study show that memory function is significantly associated with functional, but not clinical, outcomes after 6 months of treatment in bipolar I disorder patients who have experienced a first manic episode.

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