drug therapy ao3

Question 1

antipsychotic medications have greatly improved treatment

Answer 1

• Medications reduce positive symptoms, particularly hallucinations and delusions; and usually allow the patient to function more effectively and appropriately.

Question 2

antipsychotic drugs are highly effective

Answer 2

• cheap to produce, easy to administer and have a positive effect on sufferers
• however, they do not cure schizophrenia rather they dampen symptoms down so patients can live a relatively normal life

Question 3

ethical issues - antipsychotics

Answer 3

• antipsychotics have been used in hospitals to calm patients and make them easier for staff to work with rather than for the patient’s benefit
  – This can lead to the abuse of the Human Rights Act (no one should be subject to degrading treatment).