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THERAPEUTIC MONITORING OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS

Jun 12 2008

Author: Dr Bob Flanagan

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Schizophrenia affects some 1% of adults during their lifetime and can be a very serious illness - about 10% of patients die an unnatural death, usually suicide. In the UK some 210,000 people (worldwide of the order of 50 million) suffer from the disease. Families, friends, and others are of course affected indirectly. Today the estimated cost of treating schizophrenia is 2.5% of total healthcare costs in Western countries – for the NHS 2008-9 this amounts to some £2.4 billion; there are additional contributions from the private sector and other agencies such as the Home Office.

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