NICE v. SIGN on psychosis and schizophrenia: same roots, similar guidelines, different interpretations

Tim Kendall; Craig J Whittington; Elizabeth Kuipers; Sonia Johnson; Max J Birchwood; Max Marshall; Anthony Morrison; NICE guideline development group for CG178

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170324

NICE v. SIGN on psychosis and schizophrenia: same roots, similar guidelines, different interpretations

Tim Kendall, Craig J Whittington, Elizabeth Kuipers, Sonia Johnson, Max J Birchwood, Max Marshall, Anthony Morrison, NICE guideline development group for CG178

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A recent editorial claimed that the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on psychosis and schizophrenia, unlike its equivalent 2013 Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guideline, is biased towards psychosocial treatments and against drug treatments. In this paper we underline that the NICE and SIGN guidelines recommend similar interventions, but that the NICE guideline has more rigorous methodology. Our analysis suggests that the authors of the editorial appear to have succumbed to bias themselves.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	316-319
Number of pages	4
Journal	The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Volume	208
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170324
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016

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Kendall, T., Whittington, C. J., Kuipers, E., Johnson, S., Birchwood, M. J., Marshall, M., Morrison, A., & NICE guideline development group for CG178 (2016). NICE v. SIGN on psychosis and schizophrenia: same roots, similar guidelines, different interpretations. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 208(4), 316-319. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170324

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