Neurobiology of love.

Romantic love is a "universal...

Metabolic alterations associated with first and second generation antipsychotics: an twenty-years open study.

Introduction: The initial enthusiasm for atypical antipsychotics, with a lower incidence of extra pyramidal symptoms, was tempered by the association with metabolic disorders. The presence of metabolic alterations significantly influences morbidity and patients' quality life. We performed this open-study to determine the relationship between antipsychotic efficacy and side effects, especially the impact of various antipsychotics on metabolic parameters after 20-year treatment with atypical (SGA) and typical antipsychotics (FGA).