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Goals
Pharmacy students
should:
be familiar with the
symptoms & health
consequences of
schizophrenia
be able to describe the
mechanism(s) of action
and adverse effects of first-
generation antipsychotics
Schizophrenia
Frequency: 0.7%
Sex: Males > Females (1.4:1) in # and severity
Low SES (downward drift)
Rule of thirds
Comorbidity with depression & smoking
Potentially permanent!
Consequences
amenorrhea
galactorhea
sex interest
gynecomastia
Contributing Factors
suicide, accident, homicides,
self-care (diet/smoking), metabolic (?)