Fewer than one in five young people with first episode psychosis filled enough antipsychotic prescriptions to be considered ...

Before defining a network meta-analysis, Dr. Citrome walks through the statistical fundamentals that make one useful. He ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Key Takeaways Antipsychotic medication is the cornerstone of treatment for ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Atypical antipsychotics, though not typically considered drugs of abuse, are now being used to enhance the effects of other drugs or as a way to counter the adverse effects of ...

A Dutch study of 90,000 youths finds antipsychotic use–even short-term–raises Type 2 diabetes risk, especially in teen girls.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic and recurrent mental condition leading to huge impacts on direct and indirect personal and public medical costs. To overcome such a serious mental disorder ...

Maintenance doses of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics below specific thresholds increase the risk for hospital readmission in bipolar disorder.

Antipsychotics come from a long line of accidents. In 1876, German chemists created a textile dye called methylene blue, which happened to also dye cells. It meandered into biology labs and, soon ...

New research illuminates the benefits and risks of antipsychotic medication in children and its impact on individual well-being, social, educational and/or vocational functioning, and disease burden.

When you hear about dementia, the chances are you think about memory problems. But other common symptoms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, can be even more troublesome to patients and their families ...

My first experience with antipsychotic medication was in the early 1960s, shortly after they were introduced. As is usual with new treatments, benefits were appreciated before harms were realized.