Posted by Willful on July 22, 2012, at 1:26:41
In reply to Re: Antipsychotics shrink the brain, posted by papillon2 on July 21, 2012, at 9:02:17
No one has reached any solid conclusions about how antipsychotics cause changes in brain volume.
These studies also don't dispute that the disease process of psychosis also affects brain volume.
However, these images studies done longitudinally suggest that more changes occur in the brains of people taking antipsychotic drugs.
Presumably, further research could lead to information about whether certain drugs cause these changes more than others, etc-- and one hopes to less choosing less damaging treatments.
Plus, informed consent would require presumably that people be told that these drugs do cause such changes.
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