New research indicates that individuals living with dementia are being treated with potent antipsychotic medications for ...

This study highlights how antipsychotic prescribing in dementia is discordant with current NICE guidelines on both duration ...

In a recent British Medical Journal study, researchers assess the adverse effects associated with the use of antipsychotic drugs in people with dementia. Study: Multiple adverse outcomes associated ...

Expensive new antipsychotic drugs that are among the most widely prescribed pills in medicine are no more effective and no safer than an older, cheaper drug that has been largely discontinued, ...

Last month I wrote an open letter, as Chair of the International Institute of Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal, requesting that the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reverse its ...

Antipsychotic use is linked to increased glucose and insulin levels in patients with severe mental illness regardless of dose ...

There has been much attention in the last three years or so on research showing that antidepressants have severe withdrawal effects for many people when they try to stop. It has also been known for ...

While the patient base for psychotic disorders might be smaller than markets like cancer or diabetes, the substantial cost of ...