Ric Procyshyn

Vancouver, Canada Area Canada

Principal Research Scientist

Education

My research interests are primarily in the psychopharmacology of schizophrenia. Some of my current projects include: 1) Antipsychotic polypharmacy in which we are studying prevalence, predictors, indicators and clinical outcomes associated with this relatively common prescribing practice that is not adequately supported by the literature or clinical practice guidelines; 2) Smoking and schizophrenia where we have and continue to investigate the relationship between tobacco consumption and antipsychotic treatment, self-reported motivations for why individuals with schizophrenia smoke, and predictors of starting to smoke in first episode patients; 3) The influence of serum lipids on clozap...