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OPTIMA Tool: Offering Patients therapeutic information on medication alternatives
The OPTIMA tool allows for a systematic discussion about the option of LAIs with patients. It helps to make LAIs a choice, rather than a punishment.
It is based on evidence that:
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Relapses worsen the long term patient trajectory
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The best way to avoid relapse is continuous antipsychotic treatment
Author: Dr Howard Margolese
This initiative has been sponsored in part by Janssen Inc. through an educational grant.
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