Typical antipsychotics

• Appropriateness

  There are negative side effects of typical APs e.g. dry mouth, constipation.

  20-25% of sufferers will have side effects that involved disordered motor

  movements like tremors
• Effectiveness

  Thornley (2003)- found that Chlorpromazine reduces relapse over

  six months to two years and promotes a global improvement in a

  person's symptoms and functioning compared to a placebo.
• Effectiveness however points

  1. Not effective for everyone
  2. Negative symptoms
  3. Short-term