Long-term medication in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a relapsing disorder. The main goal of neuroleptic mainten ance treatment is relapse prevention, which is empirically well proven. Ava ilability of different kinds of treatment strategies including new antipsyc hotic drugs with improved risk/benefit profile allow long-term treatment to be individually tailored. Treatment guidelines developed mainly by the sci entific medical societies can help the practitioner in making the right dec isions.