U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved extended-release injection of the drug Aripiprazole lauroxil to treat adults with schizophrenia. A single injection is recommended to be administered to patients every four or six weeks. A gunman carrying out unprovoked mass shooting at kids in a school or at a mob in public is common horror scenario these days in US and Europe.
What is wrong with the psyche of that gunman? The perpetration of interpersonal violence and its consequences are among the most important adverse outcomes for patients with psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. Recent reviews suggest that the relative risk of violence against other people is four-times higher in patients with schizophrenia and related psychoses than in the general population. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder often characterized by symptoms like false beliefs, unclear or confused thinking,…
