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Acronyms/Abbreviations

ACT Assertive community treatment
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AIMS Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale
ANC Absolute neutrophil count
APA American Psychiatric Association
BAP British Association for Psychopharmacology
BMI Body mass index
BPRS Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
CATIE Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness
CBT Cognitive-behavioral therapy
CBTp Cognitive-behavioral therapy for psychosis
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CGI Clinical Global Impression
CI Confidence interval
CrI Credible interval
CSC Coordinated specialty care
CSG Canadian Schizophrenia Guidelines
CYP Cytochrome P450
DISCUS Dyskinesia Identification System: Condensed User Scale
DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition
ECG Electrocardiography
ECT Electroconvulsive therapy
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FGA First-generation antipsychotic
GAF Global Assessment of Functioning
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
HR Hazard ratio
ICD International Classification of Diseases
IPS Individual placement and support
LAI Long-acting injectable
MD Mean difference
NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
NMDA N-methyl-d-aspartate
NMS Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
NNH Number needed to harm
NNT Number needed to treat
NQF National Quality Forum
OR Odds ratio
PANSS-6 Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, 6-item version
PANSS-30 Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, 30-item version
PORT Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team
PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
RAISE Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode
RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry
RCT Randomized controlled trial
REMS Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy
RR Relative risk
SANS Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms
SAPS Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms
SD Standard deviation
SFS Social Functioning Scale
SGA Second-generation antipsychotic
SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
SMD Standardized mean difference
SOE Strength of evidence
SOFAS Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale
TdP Torsades de pointes
TMS Transcranial magnetic stimulation
TRRIP Treatment Response and Resistance in Psychosis
UKU Udvalg for Kliniske Undersogelser
VMAT2 Vesicular monoamine transporter 2
WFSBP World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
WHODAS 2.0 World Health Organization Disability Schedule 2.0
WHOQOL-BREF World Health Organization Quality of Life scale
WMD Weighted mean difference
XR Extended release

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The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Schizophrenia
September 2020
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