drug therapy

• Drug therapy for schizophrenia is the most common type of treatment for schizophrenia and aims to remove the intensity of symptoms. They can be taken long or short term, and there are two types: typical and atypical.
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  + One strength of drug treatment is its use of scientific methods. When testing out whether drug treatment is successful, highly controlled conditions are used in lab studies. This means there are no extraneous or confounding variables present, thus meaning a cause-and-effect relationship can be established between taking antipsychotics and a reduction in symptoms. This therefore enhances the scientific credibility of the approach through its use of objective and empirical methods. 
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  +Similarly, drugs are cheap, meaning they can used widely and effectively, which can benefit whole populations. This therefore means large populations of people can be treated easily, improving their quality of life which allows them to return back to society and contribute to the economy through returning to work. Therefore, drug therapy has widespread effectiveness.