Demographic predictors of the use of injectable versus oral antipsychotic medications in outpatients
Abstract
The authors examined the records of 397 outpatients maintained on antipsychotic medication to identify demographic characteristics that predicted use of depot medication. Patients maintained on long-acting antipsychotics tended to be young, male, and black. The age effect was largely restricted to white patients.
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