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MDLinx  Psychiatry 5 minutes to stay current Your Article Summary Augmentation of clozapine with amisulpride: An effective therapeutic strategy for violent treatment-resistant schizophrenia patients in a UK high-security hospital CNS Spectrums, 06/06/14 Hotham JE, et al. – The authors present a case series of 6 schizophrenia patients, within a high–security hospital, who have a history of serious violence and who were treated with clozapine augmented with amisulpride. They found that these schizophrenia patients with a history of violence showed clinical improvement and reduced aggression and violence with amisulpride augmentation of clozapine. Other articles in Psychiatry >> Click here to see the complete list Rapid clozapine titration in treatment-refractory bipolar disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, 07/18/14 New therapeutic approaches for treatment-resistant schizophrenia: A look to the future Journal of Psychiatric Research, 07/24/14 Greater clinical and cognitive improvement with clozapine and risperidone associated with a thinner cortex at baseline in first-episode schizophrenia Schizophrenia Research, 08/14/14