Patients with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, often require long-term use of ...

Aging brings many changes that can be unpleasant, from losing mobility to needing help with tasks that used to be easy. For ...

Antipsychotic use among Medicaid-insured children from low- or very-low-income families skyrocketed in just under a decade, new research shows. Investigators from the University of Maryland in ...

A federal study has found that prescriptions for antipsychotic medication in nursing homes and assisted living facilities increased by 7.4% during the first quarter, or first three months, of the ...

August 9, 2012 — Antipsychotic use in the United States is growing significantly faster among children and adolescents than among adults, a new study shows. The study also showed that only a small ...

CMS is requesting hospital stakeholders and organizations comment on a new proposed hospital quality measure regarding antipsychotic use in older patients in the inpatient hospital setting. CMS seeks ...

Nursing homes in states that adopted essential caregiver programs during COVID saw antipsychotic use decline, underscoring the need to avoid resident isolation in future health crises, researchers say ...

In a review of studies involving children and adolescents taking antipsychotics, a new systematic literature review found rates of TD between 5% and 20%. Risk factors for TD in this population include ...

I know first-hand why people go off antipsychotics, and why it is hard to stay on them. I went off of them twice on my own and paid dearly for it. I know many others who go through similar issues, ...

A STARK warning has emerged as antipsychotic medication use in hospice patients with dementia is associated with increased ...

Epstein R.A., Bobo W.V., Shelton R.C., Arbogast P.G., Morrow J.A., Cooper W.O. Increasing use of atypical antipsychotics and anticonvulsants during pregnancy ...

As the world’s population is aging, the number of residents living with dementia who require long-term care is expected to rise. A new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo demonstrates ...