Schizophrenia in Focus is an introductory guide to schizophrenia, the medicines used in its treatment, and the role of the pharmacist and other healthcare professionals in counselling patients and those who care for them on the illness, lifestyle and medicines.

Schizophrenia in Focus includes:

• causes, pathology and neurochemistry
• development and evaluation of the illness
• conventional antipsychotics
• other treatments
• antipsychotic-induced movement disorders
• adverse effects of antipsychotics

Contents

1. Schizophrenia-in Two Minds
2. The Causes of Schizophrenia
3. Pathology of Schizophrenia
4. The Neurochemistry of Schizophrenia
5. The Development and Evaluation of Antipsychotics
6. Conventional Antipsychotics
7. Benzamides-sulpiride and Amisulpiride
8. Clozapine-a Unique Antipsychotic
9. Risperidone
10. Olanzapine
11. Quetiapine
12. Ziprasidone
13. Aripiprazole
14. Antipsychotic-induced Movement Disorders
15. Antipsychotics-other Adverse Effects
16. Treating Schizophrenia with Antipsychotics

Appendix
Index

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