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To the Editor: Carpenter and Buchanan provide a succinct yet comprehensive overview of schizophrenia (March 10 issue)¹. Their article presents a fairly clear discussion of the diagnosis, course, and outcome; epidemiology and causes; and pathophysiology of this troubling illness. But their thoroughly referenced review does not mention the newly approved drug risperidone and fails to note any potential benefits associated with a strong treatment alliance.

Risperidone has been shown to be an effective antipsychotic agent, improving both the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia yet having less potential for producing extrapyramidal symptoms at therapeutic doses^2,3,4,5. This benzisoxazole derivative . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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