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Follow the links below to find information about treatments for schizophrenia.
Reviewed February 2009
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Living with schizophrenia
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Information on living with schizophrenia by professional medical specialists.
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| Date: |
Jul 2009
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| Title: |
Schizophrenia
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
People with schizophrenia have times when they become severely disturbed in their behaviour, thoughts and feelings (psychosis).
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Feb 2009
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Mental illness and violence
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Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
People who are receiving treatment for a mental illness are no more violent or dangerous than anyone else. People with a mental illness are more likely to harm themselves or to be harmed. There is a weak association between violence and mental illness when alcohol or drug misuse is involved. Early treatment of mental illness is the key to preventing violence.
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Jan 2009
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Smoking and mental illness
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SANE Australia
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| Description: |
People with mental illness, like many others, often smoke because they have learned to use it as a way of dealing with feelings such as boredom or stress.
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| Date: |
Jan 2009
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Schizoaffective disorder
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of two mental illnesses - schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is classified into two subtypes: schizoaffective bipolar type and schizoaffective depressive type. Mental health professionals currently believe that schizoaffective disorder is a kind of schizophrenia.
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| Date: |
Jan 2008
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Antipsychotic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
There are limited data on the safety of antipsychotic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Reports of congenital abnormalities in the babies of women taking typical antipsychotics are uncommon, although chlorpromazine may cause symptoms in the neonate. No increased risk with atypical antipsychotics has yet emerged.
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| Date: |
Dec 2007
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| Title: |
Are atypical antipsychotics advantageous? - the case for
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
This article argues that the atypical antipsychotic drugs are preferred because of their better adverse effect profile and efficacy advantages in some patients.
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| Date: |
Dec 2004
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Diabetes and antipsychotic drugs (Comments for consumers)
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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People with schizophrenia have an increased chance of developing diabetes. The risk of diabetes can also be increased by some of the medicines used to treat schizophrenia.
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| Date: |
Oct 2004
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Diabetes and antipsychotic drugs
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Australian Prescriber
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There is an increased risk of diabetes in patients with schizophrenia and this risk is elevated by some antipsychotic medications. The risk is greater with the atypical drugs clozapine and olanzapine and the low potency conventional antipsychotics than with risperidone or high potency conventional drugs.
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| Date: |
Oct 2004
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The new antidepressants - clinical applications
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
The new antidepressants are generally as efficacious as the older tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, but have safety advantages.
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| Date: |
Oct 1999
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| Title: |
New antipsychotic medications
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
The introduction of clozapine, risperidone and olanzapine has improved the outcomes for patients with psychoses. The reduced extrapyramidal adverse effects of the new antipsychotic medications, compared with standard antipsychotics, make them the drugs of choice for patients with a recent onset of psychosis.
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| Date: |
Jan 1999
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| Title: |
New antipsychotic medications
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| Publisher: |
Australian Prescriber
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| Description: |
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which affects about 3 people in every thousand. Drugs called antipsychotics are used to treat schizophrenia. Newer treatments aim to reduce the number of adverse effects.
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| Date: |
Jan 1999
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Schizophrenia and young people
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Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
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| Description: |
Discusses causes and symptoms of schizophrenia and its effects on young people.
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| Date: |
May 1996
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