Antipsychotic medicines are a key part of the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia. Although they provide therapeutic ...

Significant side effects of this medication include extrapyramidal symptoms, or involuntary movements and muscle stiffness, which can lead to motor deficits like those seen in patients with ...

Use of sedating medications in long term care homes has continued to grow since the pandemic and Canadians with dementia are ...

Abilify (aripiprazole) is a prescription atypical antipsychotic that treats depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, irritability related to autism, and specific Tourette's symptoms. While most ...

Individuals with mental illness are known to be at increased risk of systemic diseases, and neuropsychiatric disorders are associated with poor oral and dental health. Recent years, however, have seen ...

A study analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given antipsychotic medications showed a ...

Donald Goff, Jeffrey Lieberman, and colleagues recently published a review article entitled “The Long-Term Effects of Antipsychotic Medication on Clinical Course in Schizophrenia” in the American ...

The use of antipsychotic medications for purposes other than those officially approved is common among older adults in Finland. This emerges from a large registry study conducted by the University of ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Atypical antipsychotics, though not typically considered drugs of abuse, are now being used to enhance the effects of other drugs or as a way to counter the adverse effects of ...