Patients With FEP Appear To Have Lower Risk Of Work Disability During Periods When Taking Antipsychotics Compared With Periods Not Taking The Medications, Study Suggests

Psychiatric News (10/7) reported, “Patients with first-episode psychosis [FEP] have a lower risk of work disability during periods when taking antipsychotics compared with periods not taking the medications,” investigators concluded in the findings of a 21,551-patient study published online Oct. 6 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.