1. Mental Health and Related Medicines
... can range from a person with schizophrenia whose thoughts are disorganized, or the inability to perform the needed task for daily living, to a person with severe depression has strong feelings of hopelessness and is often suicidal. Antipsychotics are thought to act by the agents in them acting on dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. Some drugs block serotonin to act ... main reason that results are not seen in patients who are being treated with antipsychotics. Unipolar disorder is major depression, characterized by feelings of sadness, helplessness, and worthlessness. Bipolar disor...
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