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New antipsychotic agents are much awaited

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7556.1511 (Published 22 June 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1511
  1. Arnob Chakraborti, senior house officer (ac97dmc@googlemail.com)
  1. Dorothy Pattison Hospital, Walsall Primary Care Trust, Walsall WS2 9XH

    EDITOR—I agree with Ganguli and Strassnig that truly novel antipsychotic agents are needed.1 They talk about older antipsychotics not becoming obsolete in clinical practice, while the amount of research that is conducted solely into their efficacy is slim. We remain in the dark when it comes to comparing typical antipsychotics, individualising them to the …

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