Assessing management of first episode schizophrenia

This book is meant to be useful to scholars and practitioners working in mental health facilities. It emphasizes on the need to manage schizophrenia in concordance with treatment guidelines in order to promote drug safety and reducing the possibility of side effects such as extra pyramidal side effects seen with the use of first generation antipsychotics. The book highlight some of the errors prescribers frequently make and some inconsistencies about what constitutes optimal care of for the management of first episode schizophrenia.