Study design A 12-Month observational prospective multicentre cohort study based on existing and newly collected data of schizophrenia patients followed-up for one year in secondary care settings (psychiatric services).~Patients will be selected by the specialist when required to switch the SGA therapy for schizophrenia (index data). Schizophrenia patients will be enrolled in a consecutive manner over a period of 6 month into two cohorts:~Cohort A: patients who are prescribed to switch to lurasidone (lurasidone cohort)~Cohort B: patients who are prescribed to switch to any other monotherapy SGA (other SGA cohort) The decision to switch the SGA treatment and prescribe the new treatment is done previously and independent from the decision to enter the patient into the study.~Visit 0 will be performed when the investigator consider necessary to perform the treatment switch and patients give their informed consent to participate in the study. All patients will sign the Informed consent before starting the data collection.~The duration of the study will be 12 months of follow-up after switching (visit 0): month 1 (visit 1), month 3 (visit 2), month 6 (visit 3) and month 12 (visit 4). Moreover, the clinical data of the patients recorded previous the index data will be collected in order to ensure that these patients were on an SGA monotherapy for a minimum of 3 months before switching to maximize potential weight gain and dysmetabolic problems that occurs early during the treatment. Preferably, patients have to be on treatment for a year or more before switching so that they have reached a weight plateau.
A 12-Month Observational Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study based on existing and newly collected data of schizophrenia patients followed-up for one year in secondary care settings (psychiatric services). Schizophrenia patients will be enrolled in a consecutive manner over a period of 6 month into two cohorts according to their prescribing switching treatment: to lurasidone (cohort A) and to another SGA (cohort B).