Asfar Khan

Antipsychotic medications revolutionized the practice of psychiatry and have helped millions of people with a variety of mental health issues. Their discovery was largely experimental but based on the remarkable powers of clinical observation and scientific brilliance. Since then, they have altered perceptions of psychiatric disorders and have become a tool for not only exploring mechanisms of disease, but also for examining the nature of brain function. In this book, you will learn the discovery and story of antipsychotic medications, how societal perception has transitioned, and how future innovation will change these medications.