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A clinical neuroscientist investigated the long-term efficacy of atypical and typical antipsychotics for different symptom groups in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. The findings from the 12-month clinical trial are summarised in Table 1.

Table 1: Percentage of schizophrenia patients showing a clinically significant reduction in symptom severity after 12 months of treatment
Symptom groupPercentage of patients showing significant reduction with atypical antipsychoticsPercentage of patients showing significant reduction with typical antipsychotics
Patients presenting with negative symptoms48%12%
Patients presenting with positive symptoms74%74%

What do the data in Table 1 suggest about the relative effectiveness of atypical and typical antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia?

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  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Drug therapy for schizophrenia

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