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Antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Parker Caroline
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.280
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , pharmacy , mental health , medicine , psychology , drug , family medicine
In the first of a new series of updated articles on the major psychiatric drug groups, produced in association with the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (www.cmhp.org.uk), Caroline Parker summarises the use of antipsychotics through a review of the clinical literature. Pharmacology, interactions and side‐effects as well as drug choice and information to give to patients are discussed.