... take them respond well, they are still not effective for every patient (Gulli, Farid, and Rosick). Furthermore, a newer drug that helps treat the negative affects of schizophrenia is serotonin dopamine antagonists or SDAs. SDAs are not currently available in an injectable form. However, this newer drug is much more expensive in the short term, but SDAs can reduce long-term costs ... ...

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... the brain. Symptoms of incorrect dopamine message interpretation include hearing voices and maintaining bizarre beliefs that are unsupported by fact. Support for this theory comes from evidence that indicates dopamine antagonists, or drugs that decrease dopamine activity, also decrease psychotic, or positive, symptoms of schizophrenia (Hemmings, 1989). In addition Hemmings (1989) states, drugs that increase dopamine activity in the brain, such ... ...

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