Clinical Practice Guideline on the Choice of First Antipsychotic Medicine for Females Experiencing a First-Episode of Psychosis
This is the first CPG addressing antipsychotic choice for females with FEP. By prioritizing critically important patient outcomes and lived experience, the guideline supports safer, sex-sensitive prescribing for females that may improve treatment acceptability, adherence, and equity in psychosis care.
Authors
- Dolores Keating (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-2680)
- Fiona McNicholas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-6908)
- Margaret Hahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8884-9946)
- John Lyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0686-8313)
- Aoife Carolan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0821-1489)
- B. Perry
- Ian Kelleher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-651X)
- Caroline Hynes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9602-0492)
- Yvonne Hartnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-6927)
- Karen M. O’Connor
- Paola Dazzan
- Sean Halstead
- Sophie Mae Harrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0075-586X)
- Ewa Sadowska
- Bodyl Brand
- Brian O’Donoghue
- Fiona Gaughran
- Iris E Sommer
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Metro South Health (AU)
- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (GB)
- St. Vincent's University Hospital (IE)
- St John of God Hospital (AU)
- Greyston (US)
- Early Intervention Foundation (GB)
- Technological University Dublin (IE)
- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Dublin City University (IE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Schizophrenia Bulletin
- Published
- 2026-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbag023
- Primary Topic
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00