Zetin Mark
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Int J Clin Pract. 2004 Jan;58(1):58-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.0088.x.
Balancing the benefits and risks of prescribing psychotherapeutic drugs requires knowledge of the baseline risks of genetics, lifestyle and morbidity of untreated illness. Superimposed upon these risks are some rare but potentially dangerous, uncomfortable or irreversible hazards of the antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressants and tranquillizers. Knowledge of these hazards facilitates monitoring and prompt intervention at the earliest sign of problems.
