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Antipsychotic medication |
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Antipsychotic medication A drug used to treat psychotic symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, in which patients are unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. Mentioned in: Bipolar Disorder |
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These drugs, the second generation of such medications, achieved no better results in improving patients' quality of life than an older antipsychotic medication did. In the developing countries, only 16% of clients were maintained on antipsychotic medication versus 61% of clients maintained on these medications in the developed countries (Whitaker, 2004). The urgent need for data about the safety of the use of antipsychotic drugs in pregnancy was beginning to be addressed through the National Register for the use of Antipsychotic Medication in Pregnancy based at the Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Ms McCauley said. |
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