Aripiprazole is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions) in adults and teenagers 13 years of age and older. Aripiprazole which stabilizes and blocks the dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain, preventing its over activity, thereby controlling the positive symptoms like hallucinations, misbelief, and unfriendly characteristics of schizophrenia. It helps improves the activity of dopamine and serotonin receptors in other areas of the brain. It also helps control negative symptoms (like lack of emotion, social isolation, poor attention, and memory loss) of schizophrenia