Clinical and therapeutic characterization of a Portuguese sample of patients with schizophrenia.

Introduction: The development of Mental Health policies for psychiatric disorders should be driven by a correct knowledge of the socio-demographic, clinical and therapeutic realities of the disease. There is paucity of detailed studies in the Portuguese population that does not allow a direct comparation with other European countries. The objective of the present study is to characterize the sociodemograhic and clinical characteristics of schizophrenia patients in Portugal and the therapeutic patterns.