Evaluation of Mirtazapine and Folic Acid for Schizophrenia:

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Meet any other DSM-IV Axis I disorders;
• •2. Meet DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or dependence;
• •3. Have been treatment-resistant to 2 or more kinds of antipsychotics with sufficient dosage for at least 4 weeks, or require clozapine treatment, or have received clozapine treatment within 1 month prior to randomization;
• •4. Subjects are actively suicidal or judged clinically to be at risk of serious suicidal or violent behavior in the opinion of the investigator;
• •5. Have serious or unstable medical illness (e.g., cardiovascular disease, neurologic, hematologic, renal, hepatic, immunologic, endocrine, or other systemic illness), or have any clinically significant abnormality on laboratory test or ECG which indicate severe medical conditions;
• •6. Have received electroconvulsive therapy within 28 days before randomization;
• •7. Have received long acting antipsychotic within 1 treatment cycle before randomization;
• •8. Have received antidepressant within 14 days, or have received MAOIs within 4 weeks before randomization or require antidepressive treatment;
• •9. History of prostatic hypertrophy or dysuria;
• •10. History of narrow-angle glaucoma or elevation of intraocular pressure;
• •11. Known or suspected history of allergy or have contradiction to mirtazapine or folic acid;
• •12. Known have currently requirement of taking mirtazapine or folic acid;
• •13. Women who are pregnant or nursing;
• •14. Have previously completed or withdrawn from this study, or participated in a clinical trial of another drug within 30 days.