en endured electroshock therapy that was very painful and was of little good to the well being of the patients. Billions of dollars of the publics money was spent on these efforts and many people were cheated out of their money. The main drug now for the treatment of schizophrenia is Clozaril. This drug has been revived from it’s form of the 70’s and 80’s, but has been modified to lessen the side effects. There are many methods people choose to cure schizophrenia, but there is still no definite cure. Another problem with the treatment of schizophrenia now is the low-quality care many schizophrenics receive at the clinics that they visit. In a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, it was found that the clinics were providing poor care because there was no follow-up care or any way of monitoring quality of treatments. There have been and currently are problems with the care distributed to schizophrenics, but further developments in background and causes of the disease should help schizophrenics for years to come. Bibliography...
