Prophylactic Antipsychotics: Do They Keep You From Catching Schizophrenia?

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Earlier, we reviewed the concept that treatments that reduce symptoms in psychiatry could also be disease modifying.¹ Now comes further evidence that this pretreatment may be possible in schizophrenia,^2-7 where it is already known that atypical antipsychotics not only get you better by treating acute symptoms, but also keep you better by preventing relapse.^2,8 Is it possible that giving these agents to high-risk individuals with prodromal symptoms could prevent or delay progression to schizophrenia?