Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Recognizing and incorporating the patient's own perspective into treatment recommendations are essential to optimizing clozapine use. The study describes how the patient's perspective influences clinicians' decision strategies and affects their clozapine recommendations. ⋯ A clozapine optimization strategy requires skill in advanced decision making, and specifically in prioritizing the patient's perspective without diminishing the importance of clinical information. This skill can be developed through practice-based learning.