Treatments of Schizophrenia

Medication (pharmacological)

• Antipsychotics - block dopamine receptors in brain 
  
• > first generation/typical 
• -- developed in 1950s
• -- meds such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol)
• -- neuroleptics
• -- dopamine antagonists
• -- some clinical change seen in 24 hours of treatment
• -- work best for positive symptoms as diminish delusions and hallucinations 
• -- common side effects are…