Antipsychotic medication is used in schizophrenia, severe depression, elation (in bipolar disorder), and other conditions. These medications offer many benefits provided they are used with care and ...

Antipsychotic medications are prescribed by physicians for a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. Older antipsychotics include drugs such as chlorpromazine and haloperidol. There are an increasing ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — Medical examiners found traces of Kouri Richins' anti-psychotic medication in her husband's system during an autopsy following his death in March 2022. The new detail was made ...

PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2024 – New University of Pittsburgh research points to a potential approach to reducing the risk of diabetes associated with widely prescribed antipsychotic medications. The study ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that ...

A research group in the Department of Pharmacology of the University of the Basque Country has investigated the adverse reactions that antipsychotics can cause in the mouth. The study was based on ...

While intended to prevent the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Long-Stay Antipsychotic Medication quality measure has ...

Most people with schizophrenia are prescribed antipsychotic medications that improve many of these symptoms. Researchers hypothesized that these medications may also reduce the risk of a motor vehicle ...

(CNN) — Lewis Capaldi says that he is taking antipsychotic medication and that it has changed his life. The Scottish singer stepped away from the public eye following a difficult performance at the ...