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Compare the positive and negative effects of Chlorpromazine, Resperidone, and Abilify.
Describe the circumstances, as a therapist, in which you would recommend each or a combination of these medications.

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Use of Chlorpromazine, Risperidone and Abilify

Chlorpromazine (CPZ), risperidone (sold as Risperal) and abilify (generic name - aripiprazole) are labelled as antipsychotic prescriptions. Let's begin with CPZ; according to WebMD (2016),"This medication is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as schizophrenia, psychotic disorders, manic phase of bipolar disorder, severe behavioural problems in children). Chlorpromazine helps you to think more clearly, feel less nervous, and take part in everyday life. It can reduce aggressive behavior and the desire to hurt yourself/others. It may also help to decrease hallucinations (hearing/seeing things that are not there)." Cpz is a form of phenothiazine antipsychotics and is proven to balance of natural substances in the brain restoring a sense of normality and decreases misfiring of neurons, for example. Abilify meanwhile is (WebMD, 2016),"is used to treat certain mental/mood disorders (such as bipolar ...

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