To assess the incidence of suicidal ideation, violent behaviour, and deliberate self-harm in patients with schizophrenia 12-months after initiating treatment with risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) who are enrolled in the electronic-Schizophrenia Treatment Adherence Registry (e-STAR) in the Netherlands.

e-STAR is an international, prospective, observational study of patients with schizophrenia who have been initiated with RLAI. Data are collected retrospectively (1 year) and prospectively (2 years). The incidence of suicidal ideation, violent behaviour, and self-injury was evaluated by the treating physician based on the presence or absence of these events at baseline and prospectively every 3 months. Patients with at least 12 months of available follow-up data from the Netherlands were included in this analysis.

To date a total of 190 patients have been enrolled in the Netherlands and 118 patients with 12 months of available data were analyzed. The majority were male (62.7%) with a mean age of 37.7±11.5 years and a mean time since schizophrenia diagnosis of 11.1±21.5 years. Compared to baseline, statistically significant decreases were observed in the occurrence of suicidal ideation (15.1% to 4.3%, p=0.006) and violent behaviour (12.9% to 2.2%, p=0.006) at 12 months. The incidence of self-injury also decreased from 4.3% to 3.2%, but the reduction was not statistically significant.

These 12-month interim results showed significant decrease in the incidence of suicidal ideation and violent behaviour was observed in patients with schizophrenia after initiating treatment with risperidone long-acting injection.