Atypical antipsychotics, more than just an antipsychotic

Antipsychotics are the prescribed drugs for schizophrenia.The first substance used for antipsychotic purposes appeared in 1952 and it was a general anesthetic:chlorpromazine.The use of this drug was mainly because of its effects on violent behavior instead of sedation in patients,which“controls”the psychotic episodes and prevents psychosis relapse.Since then,pharmaceutical antipsychotics have been developed,producing second-generation or atypical drugs.These drugs arose with the synthesis of clozapine in the late‘50s,which represented(and still represent)the“guide molecule”for the development of these substances,because of its effectiveness on the symptomatology of the disease.