why are antipsychotics given to people that are not psychotic

anti psychotics r not given to people that r not psychotic drug company is do know what is in them & pharmacies have all the information to give to u as to what they do peter t is way off yes drug companies make a fortune but every drug is for a specific mental illness i worked in a mental health hospital for thirty years if it was not for the drugs our hospital would be full of institutional patients 90% of the reason people have to return to the hospital is because they have stopped their medication i have seen hundreds of people admitted that r extremely sick & suffering & see them leave with the proper treatment & medication i know the medication has unpleasant side effects, but have seen it help so many suffering souls that CANNOT FUNCTION without them yes there r cases were a person has been given a psychotic drug & not psychotic but has been misdiagnosed the good outweighs the bad & medication does more good then harm if helmut could spend some time in a mental hospital he would know what is going on u must realize for a major organic mental illness, there is no cure. talking with a therapist will not work for a person with a major mental illness, because without medication they distort reallity & u cannot be delusional & expect just talking to help hope this helps

Because they can help alleviate some of the distressing symptoms in other mental illnesses eg. depression. I am taking quetiapine and it reduces some terrifying thoughts that I have even though I am not psychotic.

Hope this helps.

Because they effect certain neural systems in ways that are beneficial for other uses. I know that a few are used by Bipolar people for sleep, and I think a couple may have mood stabilizing properties as well. A lot of psychotropics are used for more than just the most common illness they are designed to treat. Antipsychotics are a class of drug and their use is not always related to psychosis.

In short, lazy psychiatrists, psychologists, & prevaricating mental health workers.

antipsychotic drug

NOUN:

Any of a group of drugs, such as the phenothiazines or butyrophenones, that r used to treat psychosis. Also called major tranquilizer , neuroleptic .

Antipsychotic Medications
Abilify, aripiprazole
Clozaril, clozapine
Geodon, ziprasidone
Haldol, haloperidol
Lidone, molindone
Loxitane, loxapine
Mellaril, thioridazine
Moban, molindone
Navane, thiothixene
Orap (for Tourette is syndrome), pimozide
Permitil, fluphenazine
Prolixin, fluphenazine
Risperda,l risperidone
Serentil, mesoridazine
Seroquel, quetiapine
Stelazine, trifluoperazine
Taractan, chlorprothixene
Thorazine, chlorpromazine
Trilafon, perphenazine
Vesprin, trifluopromazine
Zyprexa, olanzapine

Antidepressants & antianxiety drugs r not included in this list.

They're called antipsychotic ( classification of the drug), but that does not mean that you are one. Rather, they are typically taken for anxiety. For example, Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, Valium.

B/c the psychopharmacology industry is huge $$$$. They do not know how these medicines work, but it beats giving the time and effort to give people proper therapy so they give antipsychotics.