How to interpret antipsychotic drug levels in schizophrenia: when labs mislead, when levels help adherence and toxicity checks, and why serial monitoring matters.
Therapeutic drug monitoring takes guesswork out of antipsychotic care—spotting nonadherence, guiding dose targets, and defining response thresholds and the “point of futility” in schizophrenia.
First US TRD Awareness Day spotlights treatment-resistant depression, urging earlier recognition, stigma-breaking support, and renewed hope for patients and caregivers.
How past “untreatable” labels mislead psychiatry—and why measurement-informed care and difficult-to-treat depression replace today’s treatment-resistant mindset.
Rethink “treatment-resistant depression” by adopting difficult-to-treat depression, verifying adequate trials, and stratifying drivers like trauma and inflammation to improve outcomes.