A question on prescription drugs?
Is there any one out there that can give me some advice: I suffer from OCD and Depression and have recently had a wash- out period, getting rid of all medications. The problem is, my OCD has got to the point where I have lost all quality of life. I have [...]
Being Able To Detect Mental Illnesses
Mental illnesses are biological brain disorders that many people suffer from, through no fault of their own. They cannot be wished away or combated through will power. While there are very real stigmas associated with these illnesses, the best way to get by is to diagnose the problem, study mental [...]
Do antipsychotics elevate negative symptoms in schizophrenia?
Do typical antipsychotic drugs (’major tranquilizers’) aggravate negative symptoms related to cognition such as attention and memory deficits, cohesion of thought and emotion recognition in schizophrenia and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizoid personality in particular) by depressing the activity of the CNS? Does this happen in the case of atypical antipsychotics [...]
