For People with Schizophrenia, New Antipsychotic Drugs Are Not Better Than Old Ones Research reported in The Lancet finds that whentreating a first episode of schizophrenia, second-generationantipsychotic
drugs are not necessarily better than thefirst-generation drug haloperidol. Second-generation
drugs were introduced over ten years ago. Compared tofirst-generation
drugs, they were designed to be more effective andcause fewer motor side-effects such as stiffness and tremors.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Book Speaks To Sufferers Of Mental And Physical Abuse First-time author Tawana Jackson's debut, Stretched But Not Broken ($15.99, paperback, 978-1-60477-640-9), is a compelling, emotional, and uplifting read about one woman overcoming overwhelming obstacles. It chronicles the story of Mia Hall who, after being raped at five years old and emotionally abandoned by a loving but depressed mother, grows into a compliant woman who enables the bipolar and controlling abuses of her older sister, Karen, and her stepfather, Bruce.
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