Discontinuing Antipsychotic Medication After Remission from First-Episode Psychosis: A Survey of Psychiatrists' Attitudes in Taiwan.
Ko YenChen-Chung LiuYi-Ting LinYi-Ling ChienMing H HsiehChih-Min LiuTzung-Jeng HwangWei-Hsiang LiaoHai-Gwo HwuPublished in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2022)
The majority of Taiwan psychiatrists thought it was not feasible to stop medications completely but were willing to consider this option. Once being presented with actual clinical scenarios, many participants hesitated to discontinue antipsychotic medications for various reasons. The proactive attitude of psychiatrists towards conducting clinical trials to test the feasibility of medication discontinuation may help to provide better reference for this clinical dilemma.