antipsychotic

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant…

Doctors today warned against overprescribing antipsychotic drugs to new mothers with depression after the tragic triple killing of three children in Boston.Lindsay Clancy, 32, admitted to strangling Cora, five, Dawson, three and Callan,…

Children's prescriptions for antipsychotic medicines have doubled in the last 20 years, a study found.The drugs, which have a tranquillising effect, are typically used in adults to treat major mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia.NHS…

A staggering number of nursing home residents are being given antipsychotics medication by facilities in order to cover up staffing shortages.According to a bombshell report from the The New York Times, 21 percent of nursing home residents…