GPAT Study Material related to Psychotherapeutic ( Antipsychotic Agents )
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Psychotherapeutic :
Conditions when coping with one’s environment (activities of daily living and
personal interaction) are impaired
Three main types:
Psychosis - Major emotional disorder; loss of reality contact
Affective disorders - alteration in mood
Anxiety - unpleasant state of mind with unreal / imagined threat
Antipsychotic Agents :
Block dopamine receptors
Phenothiazines - Thorazine, Prolixin
Low EPS, high sedative
Thioxanthenes - Navane
High EPS, low sedative
Butyrophenones - Haldol
High EPS
Dibenoxazepines - (Loxitane) Schizophrenia
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