
Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP, explains how widespread schizophrenia is and the challenges and unmet needs of treatment.
Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP, explains how widespread schizophrenia is and the challenges and unmet needs of treatment.
Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, and Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP, discuss how practitioners diagnose a schizophrenia relapse, and how to discuss relapse with patients.
Key opinion leaders comment on how to monitor and increase patient treatment adherence to prevent relapse.
Nurse Practitioner Kimberly Garcia and Dr. Sanjai Rao have a discussion on how they treat schizophrenia and highlight the considerations of prescribing long-acting injectables.
Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, starts a conversation on how to discuss long acting injectables with patients and how to best transition from an oral medication.
Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP, and Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, review the administration frequencies of long acting injectables risperidone, aripiprazole, and paliperidone.
Experts discuss the advantages of using the longest-acting injection formulation to treat schizophrenia, and whether there’s a need to discuss LAIs with patients from onset of illness.
Dr. Sanjai Rao and nurse practitioner Kimberly Garcia explain the barriers patients face in getting treatment with long-acting injectables and how COVID-19 has affected patient care.
Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, and Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP provide some advice to clinicians on explaining schizophrenia to patients and caregivers to achieve understanding and therapy adherence.