Biological Treatments For Schizophrenia

Question 1

What is a biological treatment for Sz ?

Answer 1

• Anti-psychotics
- Atypical
-Typical

Question 2

What is a typical Anti-Psychotic?

Answer 2

• Chlorpromazine
  -dopamine antagonists
• reduces stimulation of dopamine but not the receptors (DZ)

+ LEUCHT:
meta-analysis of 65 studies
Some Sz patients given placebo instead of medication
Found 64% relapsed compared to 27% on normal medication
Suggest medication is good

• massive side effects

Question 3

What is Atypical Anti-Psychotics?

Answer 3

• an improvement to Typical
• Clozapine
• blocks dopamine and serotonin inorder to work on positive and negative symptoms

+ fewer side effects
+ long term alteration of symptoms
+ patients more likely to stay on them