Schizophrenia in Women

Often we don't really consider gender dynamics in treatment or medication. A lot of medications are only tested on men because of the risk of pregnancy, etc. This means there are whole drugs that have made it to market that may not have ever been...

Episode 10 of the Inside Schizophrenia podcast, hosted by Healthline Media, titled "Schizophrenia in Women" was published on February 19, 2020 and runs 56 minutes.

February 19, 2020 ·56m · Inside Schizophrenia

Summary

Often we don't really consider gender dynamics in treatment or medication. A lot of medications are only tested on men because of the risk of pregnancy, etc. This means there are whole drugs that have made it to market that may not have ever been tested with women. Schizophrenia affects women in many different ways than men. This episode discusses differences in age, symptoms, treatments, lifestyle, parenthood in the genders as they experience schizophrenia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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