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Consumer medication - antipsychotic medications
Antipsychotic medicines are medicines used to treat types of mental illness called psychotic illness. Psychotic illnesses are mental illnesses that affect the way people think, feel and behave. People with psychotic illnesses may have problems identifying what is really happening and what is not really happening. Symptoms of psychotic illnesses occur in different kinds of mental disorders including bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis related to illicit drug use and schizophrenia.
- Organisation:
- Transcultural Mental Health Centre
- Topic:
- Medications
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- National
- Last reviewed:
- February 2024
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