Recently, the medication Abilify (aripiprazole) was approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in the adolescent population aged 13 - 17. This is a significant development in the treatment of schizophrenia, and I thought it would be interesting to explain how this medication received this new indication after being on... Read more
Recently, a reader made a comment about life expectancy in people who have schizophrenia. This has been a subject of considerable debate for years in psychiatry. The sad truth is that people with the illness die sooner than the general population. Some research estimates that schizophrenia reduces life expectancy by 20%. Now the reasons for... Read more
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