Results from CATIE, a Blinded Controlled Study Comparing Multiple Antipsychotics

Multiple Choice

Results from CATIE, a blinded controlled study comparing multiple antipsychotics to replicate "real-world" prescriptions to a representative patient population, showed all of the following except that

A) approximately 75% of patients had to switch medications.
B) atypical drugs were no more effective than the classical neuroleptic.
C) the newer drugs did a better job of reducing cognitive symptoms.
D) the incidence of extrapyramidal symptom p s was the same for all drugs.