Risk of Treatment Failure: Response to Ghosh and Noble

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; the Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, and Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio; the Impact Assessment Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki; and the School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio.

Comment

Jari Tiihonen et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 1;175(12):1267.

doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18091036r.

¹ From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; the Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, and Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio; the Impact Assessment Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki; and the School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio.

No abstract available

Keywords: Antipsychotics; Confounding Variables; Cox Regression; Outcome Studies; Predictive Accuracy; Schizophrenia.

Comment on

20-Year Nationwide Follow-Up Study on Discontinuation of Antipsychotic Treatment in First-Episode Schizophrenia.
Tiihonen J, Tanskanen A, Taipale H. Tiihonen J, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Aug 1;175(8):765-773. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17091001. Epub 2018 Apr 6. Am J Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 29621900
The Influence of Unmeasured Confounding Effects in a Study of Antipsychotic Discontinuation in First-Episode Schizophrenia.
Ghosh A, Noble D. Ghosh A, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 1;175(12):1266-1267. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18091036. Am J Psychiatry. 2018. PMID: 30501413 No abstract available.