Drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia, more often than not to be able to reduce the level of aggression in patients

Drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia, reduce aggression only in some patients, they say. Scientists have the study, which was attended by 1445 people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The participants were divided into five groups. Patients in each group received one of the five neuroleptics. As a result of the reduction in seizures of aggression in patients, seizures, which were associated with the underlying disease associated observed. Antipsychotics had virtually no impact on the violent behavior of the patients had an increased aggressiveness of the disease before or since childhood. The effectiveness of the new generation of antipsychotics is indistinguishable from the effects of the older drugs. Aggressive behavior is not typical for people with schizophrenia, but when it occurs, it can lead to tragedy. Scientists admit that violence in these patients is not always associated with schizophrenia. This explains the small effective for the prevention of aggression. The development of such a behavior in patients with schizophrenia and treated to prevent only psychological symptoms may be insufficient. According to experts, the new drugs have not shown a clear advantage over the old. Worse, in fact, the last treatment for schizophrenia than the old work, said study author Jeffrey Swanson. The study was published in the July issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.