Study Examines Use of Antipsychotic Medications for Schizophrenia Treatment

... Results in the New England Journal of Medicine from a National Institute of Mental Health-funded study compared the use of atypical antipsychotic medications, including SEROQUEL® (quetiapine fumarate), and a first generation antipsychotic medication for the treatment of schizophrenia. The study, titled Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness-Schizophrenia (CATIE-SZ), was a randomized, controlled study of 1493 patients with schizophrenia, and was designed to reflect a clinical setting in order to generate results that would inform clinical practice... click link for more info. ...