This video lecture is a three part introduction to the main differences between typical and atypical antipsychotics, or as recently proposed by the World Psychiatric Association: first and second generation antipsychotics.
Part 1
- Introduction
- Neuroleptics and neurolepsis: background and meaning
- Terminology: atypical antipsychotics
- First, second and third generation antipsychotics
- Differences regarding pharmacological profiles
Part 2
- Adverse effects profile
- Compared effectiveness between first and second generation agents