Introduction/Routine Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Agents

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It is readily apparent that there are significant gains on many fronts in the war againstschizophrenia. The explosion in neuroscience, particularly genetics, pharmacology,molecular and classical biology, as well as new imaging techniques combine to producemany gains. These developments have given rise to optimism in an often pessimisticfield.