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Helping clozapine help: a role for support groups.

David F Zita·John Goethe
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A successful clozapine support group operates from the principle that the drug is most successful when the person takes it as prescribed. The likelihood of initial and ongoing collaboration with treatment is increased when the tangible gains of the treatment can be experienced in the self and demonstrated in others. Clozapine support groups can advance the goals of collaboration and recovery.

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Antipsychotic AgentsClozapineCombined Modality TherapyHumansPatient Education as TopicSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySelf-Help GroupsJournal Article

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David F Zita, John Goethe. 2002. Helping clozapine help: a role for support groups.. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a006914

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