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Cognitive functioning following discontinuation of antipsychotic medication. A naturalistic sub-group analysis from the OPUS II trial.

Nikolai AlbertLasse RandersKelly AllottHeidi Dorthe JensenMarianne MelauCarsten HjorthøjMerete Nordentoft
Published in: Psychological medicine (2018)
Due to the naturalistic design, we cannot conclude on the direction of the relationship between antipsychotics and cognition. There is no evidence that discontinuation of medication had a negative effect on cognitive functioning. Rather, we found that that discontinuation of medication was associated with better cognitive functioning.
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