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Recovery From Schizophrenia: Psychiatry And Political Economy

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ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS: USE, ABUSE AND NON-USE 245• User-friendly medication strategies promote the use of low-doses ofantipsychotic medication in schizophrenia.• The best prognostic measures give a rather crude indication of which patientscan successfully be withdrawn from antipsychotic medication or treatedwithout drugs.• The principles of minimal drug treatment include a non-alienating, humanscaletreatment and living environment, individualized care, and family supportand education.

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