Antipsychotics should not be routinely used to treat primary insomnia in children, adults, or the elderly, according to new recommendations issued by leading Canadian psychiatric organizations. This ...

Imagine that, after feeling unwell for a while, you visit your GP. "Ah," says the doctor decisively, "what you need is medication X. It's often pretty effective, though there can be side-effects. You ...

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Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Kaiser Health News Adriane Fugh-Berman was stunned by the question: Two graduate students who had no symptoms of mental illness wondered ...

Patients treated with antipsychotics after remission of a first episode of psychosis are substantially more likely to experience long-term recovery if treated with a dose-reduction or discontinuation ...

The number of children taking powerful antipsychotic drugs has nearly tripled over the last 10 to 15 years, according to recent research. The increase comes not because of an epidemic of schizophrenia ...

For patients in nursing homes, treatment with antipsychotic medicines is pretty much routine. Though the drugs were developed to treat schizophrenia, they're also used to manage the dementia-related ...

In response to a generic question about post-market drug surveillance posed during a February 2007 House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, Dr. David Graham, then associate director of science and ...

Antipsychotic medication is typically licensed in the UK for people with serious mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia. But in recent years, some antipsychotic drugs have been prescribed ...

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.

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.