A DNA test could help match patients with psychiatric medications, potentially reducing the long and frustrating ...

New recommendations detail key points of deprescribing ...

Consensus Offers Clinicians Structured Guidance on When and How to Reassess, Taper, or Discontinue Psychotropic ...

The researchers found that psychotropic medication use among youth increased from 5.3% in 2001 to 2004 to 8.3% in 2017 to March 2020 (adjusted time trend, 0.7 percentage points over four years).

Findings showed no significant difference in the risk of contraceptive failure between COC + PD users and COC-only users. The risk of contraceptive failure appears to be low in patients taking ...

The widespread use of psychotropic drugs to treat people experiencing mental illness does not always correspond to their effectiveness or real need. Driving this is a complex web of factors including ...

Despite positive signs in reducing overuse of psychotropic medication in aged care, some areas still need urgent attention according to Macquarie University's Associate Professor Magda Raban.

Credit: Getty Images. The patient had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and suffered from auditory and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extreme paranoia. In this month’s case, a state appeals ...

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