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Antipsychotics Lead to Worse Outcomes in First-Episode Psychosis

Mad in America

Researchers have found that cognitive-behavioral therapy without antipsychotics is just as effective for first-episode psychosis—that adding drugs provided no additional improvement. This is consistent with previous studies that found that experiencing childhood trauma , not heritability, was associated with psychosis.