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Gender disparities in clozapine prescription in a cohort of treatment-resistant schizophrenia in the South London and Maudsley case register

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 232; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.schres.2021.05.006

1573-2509

Emma Wesley, India Patel, Giouliana Kadra-Scalzo, Megan Pritchard, Hitesh Shetty, Matthew Broadbent, Aviv Segev, Rashmi Patel, Johnny Downs, James H. MacCabe, Richard D. Hayes, Daniela Fonseca de Freitas,

Mental Health and Psychiatry

Gender disparities in treatment are apparent across many areas of healthcare. There has been little research into whether clozapine prescription, the first-line treatment for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), is affected by patient gender.