Treatment With An Antipsychotic Drug Found To Cause Changes In Metabolism Earlier Than Expected

Schizophrenia is a complex type of psychotic mental illness characterized by thoughts that are uncoupled from reality. Huge gains in the effective treatment of individuals with the disease began in the 1950s with the development of the first generation of antipsychotic drugs. The medications allowed physicians to treat the “positive” effects of the illness (delusions and hallucinations) and, to a lesser extent, the “negative” symptoms (apathy).

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Filed under: Schizophrenia on April 11th, 2008