-- Press Briefing --
Patient education and the latest medications, such as SEROQUEL(r) (quetiapine fumarate) tablets, improve the management of schizophrenia
WHAT: Leading researchers show that patient education and the latest medications, such as SEROQUEL(r) (quetiapine fumarate) tablets, are improving the management of schizophrenia and changing lives
WHEN: Monday, June 1, 1998 9:45 am to 10:30 am
WHERE: The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
Press Briefing Room
Communications Center, Room 101, Lower Level
Convention Center
Toronto, Canada
WHO:
Amir H. Kalali, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California at Irvine A recent multinational survey of patient satisfaction shows that patients on antipsychotic treatment have an overwhelming rate of satisfaction with and acceptability for long-term treatment with SEROQUEL
Jamie A. Mullen, MD Associate Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Overview of recent data on SEROQUEL(r); a case history approach demonstrating the power of this recent treatment to change lives
Richard Jed Wyatt, MD Chief, Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institutes of Health Introduction to "Critical Connections," a unique educational video produced by the American Psychiatric Association and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, designed to help patients and their families cope with the devastating effects of schizophrenia
-- Brief video synopsis of "Critical Connections" -- the only video tool to date featuring patients with schizophrenia
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Rachel Bloom, 302/886-7858, [email protected]
Robert Couter, 312/329-7514, (cell: 312/401-6142), [email protected]
Julie King, 312/494-4932, (cell: 312/213-2704), [email protected]
Note: Cell phones will be active during the meeting (Saturday, May 30, to Tuesday, June 2)
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