Volume 6, suplement 2
Koncepcje
Pharmacotherapy in schizophrenia relapses: the role of atypical neuroleptics
Marek Jarema1
1. Krajowego Zespołu Konsultanta Medycznego w dziedzinie Psychiatrii
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, suplement 2 (5), 101-107
Keywords: schizophrenia, relapses, pharmacotherapy, atypical neuroleptics
Abstract
The role of neuroleptics in the prevention of relapses in schizophrenia is discussed, with special emphasis on novel, atypical neuroleptics. Various concepts of atypicality of neuroleptics are outlined; their action, including also serotonin receptors, produces different clinical effects that may be of importance in the treatment of schizophrenia relapses.
Address for correspondence:
Prof Marek Jarema,
III Klinika Psychiatryczna IPiN,
Al. Sobieskiego 1/9,
02-957 Warszawa