New international consensus guidelines were developed through a research method, known as a Delphi process, that used a ...

The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, ...

Federal health authorities are sounding the alarm over the chronic use of antipsychotic and psychotropic drugs in America’s ...

For the "non rapid dose escalators", the mean daily antipsychotic dose for days 1–15 and days 16–30 was markedly higher than that seen in both the "rapid dose escalator" cohort and the ...

The study, carried out by experts from the University of Nottingham and funded by the National Institute for Health Research ...

A groundbreaking analysis from leading British universities has uncovered surprising links between everyday medications and ...

Two specific types of antidepressants – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclics (TCAs) – may make ...

Treatment with antipsychotic drugs, whether typical or atypical agents, is associated with various adverse effects, including acute EPS (dystonia, parkinsonism and akathisia), chronic EPS (tardive ...

A new study has found that regular use of certain types of commonly-prescribed drugs can increase the risk of dementia in ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri has among the highest rates of antipsychotic drug use in nursing home residents, contributing to the state’s health care system ranking near the bottom nationally in a ...