Antipsychotic Drugs: Types, Uses and Side Effects
Antipsychotic drugs are the medications which are used to treat psychosis which is a condition in which the patient is suffering from the mental illness and there has been loss of contact with reality. The patient is not able to recognize what is real and what is not because patients thoughts and perceptions are disrupted. It is one of the most frightening situation for the patient and its relatives therefore antipsychotic drugs have become an integral part of the psychiatric medications. Proper diagnosis of the psychosis should be done before prescribing the antipsychotic drugs because there are certain conditions like high fever, infections etc can also cause psychosis in the patient.