Treatments and Medications for Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia Medications and Treatment
• Free Medications [external]
• Non-Medication
• Personal Therapy Helps Schizophrenia Patients Avoid Relapse
• Work Therapy/Schizophrenia - Research results
• Medication [external sources]
• risperidone (Risperdal)
• Starting Risperidone After Clozapine
• Toll-free Information on Risperdal
• clozapine (Clozaril)
• olanzapine (Zyprexa)
• sertindole (Serlect)
• For Information on All other Medications - Click Here [External]
• Other Sources for Medication Information - [External]
• Practical Points To Enhance The Effectiveness Of Medications [external]
• Information on Atypical Neuroleptics
• Atypical Neuroleptics - Clinical Psychopharmacology Seminar 1996-1997
• Clinical Psychopharmacology Seminar - Details
• Other Treatments
• Negative symptoms of schizophrenia and overall psychopathology improved
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
• Electroconvulsive Therapy
• NIMH Study on ECT
• Short Summary of what several books say on ECT
• Summary of Longer Article on ECT
• Medication News - Recent
• Serdolect Active Against Negative Symptoms
• Misc. info about atypical antipsychotics - From DJ Jaffe
• Results of Eli Lilly & Co.'s tests of new schizophrenia drug Zyprexa Announced
• Various News Stories on Results of Eli Lilly Tests
• Lilly Report on Zyprexa - additional Comments on Study
• Some Psychiatrists critical of Lilly Study
• Janssen Pharmaceuticals Press Release to counter Eli Lilly's Zyprexa
• Zyprexa Distances Itself From Clozapine In Schizophrenia
• Broadened Usage of Zoloft approved
• Ampalex to be tested for helping those with Alzheimers or Schizophrenia
• Ampalex to be used for improvement of memory in Alzheimers and Schizophrenia
• Ampalex report in Scientific America Mag. - 3/97
• Gensia has approval on new medication
• Experts laud first data analyzing SSRI impact on neurodevelopment
• Other Medication Information
• New Medications Coming to Market
• Iloperidone to be marketed by Titan Pharmaceuticals
• Seroquel Due out Later this year
• Cortex funding for new medication
• Pharmaceutical Research and Schizophrenia - Whats coming
• [Anti-Psychotics Under Development]
• Medication Side Effects
• Tardive Dyskinesia (TD)
• Vitamin E Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
• New Anti-Obesity Drug - Needs to be tested with Antipsychotics
• Drugs For Psychosis Worsen Dementia
• Getting Treatment for your Friend or Loved one when they are in Denial
• Involuntary Treatment: a family perspective
• Outpatient Commitment Information - Hospitalizing the person who is sick
• Involuntary Commitment - PRO [external]
• Involuntary Commitment - CON [external]
• Uncivil Liberties - Legal Obstacles To Treating The Mentally Ill
• How and why to change involuntary treatment laws in your state
• NAMI's Policy on Involuntary Commitment
• Depression and Suicide in those with Schizophrenia
• Suicide Prevention - Scientific American Magazine
• Strong Relationship Found Between Schizophrenia, Mood Disorders/Suicide
• Schizophrenia/Suicide - More Research Needed (1996)
• Don't Wait to Treat Schizophrenic Patients; Long Term Benefits Outweigh Side Effects
• How to prevent suicide
• Suicides associated with NBD
• Depression Too Often Undertreated
• Panic Disorder in Completed Suicide
• Important Potential Problems to Watch For
• Tips for handling a Crisis
• Recognizing Relapse
• Schizophrenia Patient's insensitivity to pain can be life Threatening
• UPBEAT News ON DEPRESSION
• White Paper on the Americans with Disabilities Act on Web
• Many Prisoners have Mental Disorders - UK Story
• SALVI Case Highlights Plight of Mentally ill in Jail
• Man Accused of Stalking TV Anchor Told to Take Medication or Face Jail
• How to keep people suffering from Schizophrenia on Medications
• Noncompliance Negates Treatment Advances For Schizophrenia
• Siblings and Children of People with Schizophrenia
• Early Detection of Schizophrenia via Movement Analysis - Research
• Sharp rise in the number of children with severe mental illness
• Antidepressants Safe In Pregnancy
• Health Insurance and Schizophrenia [USA Specific]
• Proposed Law Would Stop Insurance Redlining of Mental Illness (CHICAGO)
• The Scientific Case for Parity
• The Domenici-Wellstone Law (P.L. 104-204)
• Issues associated Wives and Husbands with Schizophrenia
• Under Construction...Looking for information (Please let us know if you know of any)
• Residential Services for those with Schizophrenia
• Residential Services Listing
• Legal Issues and Schizophrenia
• Laws Won't Let HMO's Tell Doctors What to Say
• Limiting Mental-Health Benefits May be illegal in USA
• Court Order Halts Some Research in Psychiatry - New York
• Government and Legal Resources
• U.S. Health Official Puts Schizophrenia Costs At $65 Billion
• USA
• Social Security Online
• U.S. Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• Police Officers Internet Directory
• Canada
• The Canadian Health Network [English & French]
• Government Web Pages
• Violence/the Law and the Mentally Ill
• Dupont Murder Case Begins in Pennsylvania - (US News)
• Unnecessary death in London Jail of individual with Schizophrenia
• Homelessness/Missing Persons and the Mentally Ill [All external Links]
• NCH Fact Sheet #5 Mental Illness and Homelessness
• Schizophrenia - and the Homeless
• Homeless and Missing Service
• Homeless Homepage
• Homeless Missing Persons Project
• Homeless Handbook
• Psychiatry - and the Homeless
• Acute Short Term Psychosis
• Chronic Long Term Psychosis
• Mania
• Depression
• Suicidal Behavior
• International News about Schizophrenia and Mental Health Care
• United Kingdom - Recent Changes in Mental Health Care
• Estate Planning for those with Schizophrenia
• Estate Planning when a family member has Schizophrenia
• Getting Support
• National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
• New York Association for the Mentally Ill/Friends of the Mentally Ill (AMI/FAMI)
• Schizophrenia Support groups/organizations World Wide - Web Page
• UK contact info for S.A.N.E
• Schizophrenics Anonymous - Group Contact info
• Work and those with Schizophrenia
• Work Therapy/Schizophrenia - Research results
• Managed Care Issues and Stories
• (Michigan) Statewide Citizen Groups Invite Governor Engler to Southfield to Discuss Psychiatric Hospital Closings
• Psychiatrists prevented from treating
• Shrinking Coverage under Managed Care
• More States Turn Over Mental-Health Care to the Private Sector
• Reasons for Hope
• 10 Year Goals to be set in Brain Research - Europe
• Schizophrenia Gene Research Announcement - Feb/97
• FDA shortens approval time on new Medications, Serlect Due out Soon
• Pharmaceutical Research and Schizophrenia - Whats coming
• 1997 anticipated to be a good year for new medications
• NIMH - WHAT'S NEW IN RESEARCH
• Elimination of Schizophrenia in Future Possible
• Next Generation of Psychiatric Drugs W ill Be Quicker and Safer
• Drug Companies Pushing Research Into New Psychiatric Drugs
• Research Studies that Families can Participate in to Help Researchers Help Us
• Help Needed to Find the Gene(s) for Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia Family Study
• Schizophrenia Research Study with Need for Participants: Jewish and Non-Jewish Families Needed
• CLOZAPINE STUDY needs Information Volunteered
• Research Studies Need Volunteers:
• Early Detection of Schizophrenia via Movement Analysis - Research
• Schizophrenia research at the University of Pittsburgh
• Discussion Groups, Newsgroups and Mailing Lists - Under Construction
• Government Agencies & Financial Assistance - Under Construction
• Schizophrenia Living Skills Area - Under Construction
• Recommended Reading (Books)
• Recommended Reading ( A Book List)
• Living with a Mentally Ill Person - Table of Contents & Excerpts
• New books dealing with Schizophrenia - Wanted: Book Reviewers.
• Dr.Torrey's new book, "Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's mental illness crisis" available now.
• Drugs and the Brain [external link]
• Recommended Viewing (Video/Movies)
• New Mental illness Anti-Stigma Video by Carter Center in Atlanta
• Movie Review - `Angel Baby' filmmaker searching for love amid mental illness
• ITV Awarded During International Health And Medical Film Competition
• Film on Schizophrenia Shown in NYC
• New Film on Schizophrenia - The Truth About One Mental Illness From People Striving to Lead Normal Lives
• Free Video On Schizophrenia [NAMI]
• MacArthur Foundation Library Video Project
• Recommended Listening (Audio Tapes)
• CAMI Conference Report - Audio Tapes of Proceedings Available
• Lori Schiller's Story - Available in book and audio tape
• Volunteering Opportunities - From Your Computer and At Home
• Discussion Area Volunteers Needed
• The Physical Changes in the Brain due to Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenic Brain Has Less Gray Matter
• Schizophrenia Involves Cerebellum
• Other Schizophrenia-Related Issues
• Change the Name of "Schizophrenia"
• Places to Learn More about the Brain Disease Schizophrenia
• E-library has good information on Schizophrenia - http://www.elibrary.com
• http://www.healthguide.com/Schiz/default.stm
• http://euler.ntu.ac.uk/sm/Teach/schizoph.htm
• The Schizophrenia Home Page - Other Linksl
• National Institute of Mental Health - Fax System
• SCHIZOPHRENIA DIGEST Web Address: http://www.vaxxine.com/schizophrenia
• Mental Illness Awareness - Dozens of Links
• MHAND (Mental_Health_Association_in_North_Dakota)_links
• Good Schizophrenia Research Resource - Metasearch Search
• University-Level Sources of Information
• Mediline Database Searching - Outside Link
• Webtrack in Schizophrenia - http://www.priory.com/webtrack.htm
• http://www.elsevier.com/ - Click on "Clinical Medicine", then "Clinical Medicine" then "Psychiatry"
• Latest Schizophrenia research - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
• Recent Schizophrenia Research Summary - Europe
• National Institute of Health - Web Search Engine
• Schizophrenia-Related Journals
• World Wide Web Sites Related to Schizophrenia Research
• American Psychiatric Association - Journal on Web
• Webtrack on Schizophenia
• "Fringe" beliefs about Schizophrenia
• Dr.E. Fuller Torrey to Debate Thomas Szasz
• Psychiatric Survivors and Nonsurvivors - By E. Fuller Torrey