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Target Population: Adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and those who are at ultra-high risk for these diagnoses
These guidelines update those previously published in 2005.
Family and other social support, safe environments, and an adequate standard of living are critical for people with acute episodes or severe persistent illness.
The recovery approach — fostering patient dignity, agency, and sense of meaning and achieving a “life worth living” — should be incorporated into all aspects of care.
Patients should have access to specialist mental-health continuing-care teams and case management.
Early management requires psychopharmacologic…