CRP and schizophrenia: Also in another study, in the first episode of schizophrenia, the levels of non-specific inflammation markers in the blood (WBS, CRP, erythrocytes sedimentation rate, and granulocytes from the leukocyte formula) were high in the subpopulation of patients, with the tendency toward normalization of inflammation parameters after a 4-week antipsychotic treatment (41).