Neuroleptic; Medications that ameliorate or diminish the symptoms of psychosis. The older medications in this class (introduced in the 1950s) are referred to as conventional antipsychotics; the newer medications (available since the 1990s) are known as atypical antipsychotics. In addition to their antipsychotic effects, many antipsychotic medications (particularly the new-generation atypical antipsychotics) also have properties that stabilize mood. Antipsychotics are used to treat schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, other psychotic disorders, and mania in bipolar disorder and tourette’s disorder; they are also used as adjunctive treatment in obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, and dementia.
Any of the powerful tranquilisers used especially to treat psychosis and believed to act by blocking dopamine nervous receptors.
A neuroleptic or major tranquilliser drug which calms disturbed people without causing sedation or confusion by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain.
Pharmacological agents used to treat psychosis, paranoia, and schizophrenia by blocking dopamine receptors in the limbic system; also known as neuroleptics and major tranquilizers; classes include phenothiazines, high-potency agents, typical and atypical antipsychotics.
Preventing or treating psychosis, (e.g., schizophrenia).
A medicinal substance that possesses the capacity to counteract the indicators associated with the neurobiological condition known as psychosis, including but not limited to schizophrenia and other noteworthy deviations from standard behavioral patterns.
Pharmacological treatments utilized for the management of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia and psychosis. These potent tranquilizers possess sedative and calming properties, with their primary purpose being the alleviation of psychotic cognition and behavior.