Psychiatrists have drawn up new schizophrenia management guidelines that would, if endorsed, mark the first Australasian update in a decade.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists last published guidelines in 2016, but has been warning doctors that they are not considered current because they are more than five years old.
Despite an estimated 200,000 people having schizophrenia, co-author of the new draft, Professor Shuichi Suetani, said no new blockbuster treatments had emerged in the last 10 years.
“What there has been is a much improved and increased focus on the physical health of people with mental illness,” the Queensland psychiatrist told AusDoc.
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