A multidisciplinary study of the management of neuroleptic medication in schizophrenia: Educational and collaborative approaches

INTERVENTION: 1. Compliance intervention (patients educated about benefits of neuroleptic medication) 2. Alliance intervention (structured intervention in which patients are encouraged to rationally appraise the costs and benefits of their neuroleptic medication) 3. Treatment as usual CONDITION: Schizophrenia ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders ; Schizophrenia PRIMARY OUTCOME: 1. Attitudes towards neuroleptic medication as measured by the Drug Attitudes Inventory; 2. Psychotic symptoms as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndromes Scale SECONDARY OUTCOME: Not provided at time of registration INCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients suffering from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ‐ Fourth Edition (DSM‐IV) schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder admitted to acute psychiatric wards in the North West of England and North Wales.