http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study by Queen's University Belfast has found that the dispensing of psychotropic drugs to older people in Northern Ireland increases on entry to care homes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-psychotropic-drug-entry-homes.html Health Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:20:03 EST news280605304 Drugs prescribed to treat anxiety, depression and insomnia may increase patients' risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents, according to a recent study, published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Based on the findings, the researchers suggested doctors should consider advising patients not to drive while taking these drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-antidepressants-pills-anxiety-drugs.html Medications Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:00:01 EST news266688694 A survey on the mental health of eight-year-old children could help identify those individuals who are highly likely to require psychiatric treatment in their teens or early adulthood. There are, however, clear differences in the predictive factors in such surveys between boys and girls, as is shown by a study conducted at the University of Helsinki. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-symptomatic-behaviour-childhood-strongly-psychiatric.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:41:25 EST news253528879 People taking anti-psychotic drugs and anti-depressant drugs have a much higher risk of dying during an acute coronary event of a fatal arrhythmia than the rest of the population, finds a Finnish study published in the European Heart Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-ehj-paper-underlines-links-cardiologists.html Cardiology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:09:03 EST news240577734 (Medical Xpress) -- University of Queensland researchers have called for urgent action following a study that reveals older Australians are being over prescribed psychotropic drugs, resulting in serious safety and cost concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-older-australians-overprescribed-psychotropic-drugs.html Medications Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:40:01 EST news232957851