/psychiatry/taxonomy/term/85/all en /psychiatry/channels/news/paper-dr-eric-latimer-published-april-issue-clinical-schizophrenia-related-psychoses-2 <h2><a href="/psychiatry/files/psychiatry/channels/attach/latimer_paper_april_2013.pdf">Underprescribing of Clozapine and Unexplained Variation in Use Across Hospitals and Regions in the Canadian Province of Québec</a></h2> <p>Clinical guidelines recommend a trial of clozapine for schizophrenia patients who are refractory to other antipsychotics; its benefits for this population, including a reduction in suicide rates, have been documented in numerous studies.   This paper uses Québec government administrative data (RAMQ and Med-Echo) to show that, in 2004, fewer than 7% </p> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:06:26 +0000 kazue.narita@mcgill.ca 1322 at /psychiatry