Reducing Antipsychotic Improve Health

https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/12/reducing-antipsychotic-use-may-improve-health-people-mental-health-diagnoses/

Reducing Antipsychotic Use May Improve Health for People with Mental Health Diagnoses

 

A new study offers radical solutions for improving the cardiovascular health of people with mental health diagnoses: reducing antipsychotic prescriptions.
The researchers, led by Athif Ilyas at King’s College, London, examined the evidence for current approaches to cardiovascular health, and whether they appear to be working. Unfortunately, they found that cardiovascular health (as well as metabolic health), for people with mental health diagnoses, continues to decline.