Side Effects

Mental health service users' experiences of the side effects of anti-psychotic medication
  • Price: Free
  • Produced by: Rethink
  • Format: Books and reports
  • Date: December 2006
  • 12 pages

Out of print but available for download.

Mental health service users' experiences of the side effects of anti-psychotic medication.

Our report, based on the real-life experiences of people taking these medicines, highlights the need for three points of action - first, a recognition that side-effects are very important, their impacts are significant to individuals; secondly, more choice over medicines and appropriate information sharing; thirdly, more investment in the search for a third-generation of medicines that are more effective in controlling symptoms and have even fewer and less severe side effects.

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