Reasons for initiating long-acting antipsychotics in psychiatric practice: findings from the STAR Network Depot Study

• Main Authors: Corrado Barbui (Author), Federico Bertolini (Author), Francesco Bartoli (Author), Carmela Calandra (Author), Camilla Callegari (Author), Giuseppe Carrà (Author), Armando D'Agostino (Author), Claudio Lucii (Author), Giovanni Martinotti (Author), Daniele Mastromo (Author), Daniele Moretti (Author), Emiliano Monzani (Author), Matteo Porcellana (Author), Davide Prestia (Author), Giovanni Ostuzzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Long acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics have been claimed to ensure treatment adherence and possibly reduce the daily burden of oral formulations. So far, only surveys investigating the theoretical prescribing attitudes of clinicians have been employed. On this basis, we aimed to inv...