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Join NAMI-NYC for our public education event virtually on Wednesday, November 15 at 6 PM. We’ll be joined by guest speaker Dr. Rob Laitman, who specializes in clozapine, an antipsychotic medication used to treat individuals with schizophrenia. We will discuss...
-Available effective treatments for schizophrenia, particularly clozapine
-Concerns about clozapine and why its underutilized
- Barriers to clozapine use in New York and nationally
- How to advocate for greater clozapine use within the mental healthcare system
About Our Speaker
Dr. Robert Laitman is an internist who specializes in the use of clozapine in an optimal fashion for individuals with schizophrenia or other psychotic spectrum disorders. When his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2006, Dr. Laitman became an expert on the treatment of psychosis and expanded his practice to include taking care of people with psychotic disorders. Dr. Laitman uses a biopsychosocial approach in his treatment and prescription of the antipsychotic clozapine and he works to mitigate medication side effects with a wraparound approach that includes other medications.