Figure 1

Flow of patients through the study. Not meeting inclusion criteria = score below 4 on all the items: delusions, hallucinatory behaviour, grandiosity, suspiciousness/persecution or unusual thought content in the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); Uncoop. = the patient was not able or willing to cooperate with testing and assessments; Organic braindis. = Organic brain disorder, principally dementia; Randomization not acceptable = patient or treating clinician not willing to change existing antipsychotic medication; Administrative causes = principally patient discharged before assessments could be made. ¹ Enrolment started March 2003 until 2008, week 26. Full details on enrolment were only registered from 2006, week 31 until 2008, week 26. Consequently only percentages are displayed for patients assessed for eligibility and excluded patients. ² Before discharge/6 weeks. ³ One patient in the risperidone and olanzapine groups missed the first follow-up visit, but was retested on later visits.