Tips from ODSW February 2016: Caregiver's Guide to Psychosis | Página 11

TYPES OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION
ORAL

INJECTIONS

• Taken orally in pill forms.

• A slow release medication
taken on a 3-4 weekly
basis.

* There is no singular medication that works best for individuals
as every young person with psychosis has a unique set of
symptoms.

OTHER TYPES OF MEDICATION
PRESCRIBED FOR THE TREATMENT
OF PSYCHOSIS
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
• Used to treat
depression

MOOD
STABILIZERS
• Treatment of
mood swings

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ANXIOLYTICS
• Control acute
anxiety or
agitation