71: Motivations for and Experiences With Antipsychotic Tapering Among Patients With Schizophrenia Seeking Guided Dose Reduction

Dr. Mette Ødegaard Nielsen (Unit for Complicated Schizophrenia, Glostrup, Denmark) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss patient motivations and experiences of antipsychotic medication tapering at a clinic in Denmark.

Transcript

• 01:02     Nielsen interview
• 02:22     Tapering medication
• 04:09     Controversies around tapering
• 07:07     Debilitating effects of side effects
• 09:09     The tension between medication and side effects for the clinician
• 12:47     Top line findings
• 15:28     Psychotic symptom relapse
• 17:38     Differences by medication
• 19:43     Expectations from patients
• 21:47     Shared decision making
• 24:44     Mixed expectations and reality
• 27:20     Relapse
• 29:50     Close contact between patients and clinic staff

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