| ABC-CT | Autism Biomarker Consortium for Clinical Trials |
| AMD | Adjusted mean difference |
| AMP Schizophrenia | Accelerating Medicines Partnership for Schizophrenia |
| BACS | Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia |
| BNSS | Brief Negative Symptoms Scale |
| BOLD | Blood oxygen level-dependent |
| CANTAB | Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery |
| CBD | Cannabidiol |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulation |
| CGI-S | Clinical global impression of severity of illness |
| CIAS | Cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| d | Cohen effect size |
| DAAO | D-amino acid oxidase |
| EOS | End of study |
| EPS | Extrapyramidal side effects |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FNIH | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health |
| GAF | Global Assessment of Functioning |
| LAI | Long-acting injectables |
| LSMD | Least square mean difference |
| LSMD | Least square mean difference |
| MAOI | Monoamine oxidase inhibitor |
| MATRICS | Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia |
| MCCB | MATRICS consensus cognitive battery |
| NAC | N-acetylcysteine |
| NEC | New chemical entities |
| OLZ | Olanzapine |
| PANSS | Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale |
| PEC | Positive and negative syndrome scale excited component |
| PGRN | Pharmacogenomics Research Network |
| PMC | Personalized Medicine Coalition |
| PT | Patients |
| QOLS | Quality of life scale |
| RCTs | Randomized controlled trials |
| SAD | Schizoaffective disorder |
| SAM | Samadorphin |
| SANS | Scale for the assessment of negative symptoms |
| SAR | Sarcosine |
| SB | Sodium benzoate |
| SCZ | Schizophrenia |
| SE | Standard Error |
| SGA | Second generation antipsychotic |
| SMD | Square mean difference |
| TAAR | Trace amine-associated receptors |
| TEAE | Treatment-emergent adverse effects |