Table 2.

Dose recommendations for antipsychotic starting doses in the Schizophrenia Treatment Guideline of Psychiatric Association of Turkey

	Dose range	Starting dose
		With no medical history	First episode psychosis	Elderly
		Amisulpiride	200–1200 mg	200 mg	200 mg	200 mg
Aripiprazole	15–30 mg	15 mg	10 mg	10 mg
Haloperidol	5–20 mg	10 mg	5 mg	2 mg
Quetiapine	300–900 mg	50 mg	50 mg	25 mg
Clozapine	300–900 mg	12.5 mg	12.5 mg	12.5 mg
Olanzapine	10–30 mg	15 mg	10 mg	5 mg
Paliperidone	3–12 mg	6 mg	3 mg	3 mg
Risperidone	2–8 mg	2 mg	1 mg	0.5 mg
Sertindole	4–20 mg	4 mg	4 mg	4 mg
Zuclopenthixol	25–150 mg	25 mg	10 mg	10 mg