The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia

Keepers discusses the American Psychiatric Association's "The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia." The goal of this guideline is to improve the quality of care and treatment outcomes for patients with schizophrenia, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association 2013). Since publication of the last full practice guideline (American Psychiatric Association 2004) and guideline watch (American Psychiatric Association 2009) on schizophrenia, there have been many studies on new pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments for schizophrenia. Additional research has expanded our knowledge of previously available treatments.