TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Antipsychotic Drugs A1 - Ciccone, Charles D. PY - 2016 T2 - Pharmacology in Rehabilitation AB - Psychosis is the term used to describe the more severe forms of mental illness. Psychoses are actually a group of mental disorders characterized by marked thought disturbance and an impaired perception of reality. The most common form of psychosis by far is schizophrenia; it is estimated that 1 percent of the world population has this disorder.1 Other psychotic disorders include schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, and shared psychotic disorder. In the past, strong, sedative-like drugs were the primary method of treating patients with psychosis. The goal was to pacify these patients so they were no longer combative and abusive to themselves and others. These drugs were commonly referred to as major tranquilizers and had the obvious disadvantage of sedating a patient so that his or her cognitive and motor skills were compromised. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180854562 ER -