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Study links intrauterine antipsychotic medication exposure to lower scores on infant neuromotor test

Among 6-month-old infants, a history of intrauterine antipsychotic medication exposure was associated with significantly lower scores on a standard test of neuromotor performance, according to a report published Online First ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Specific antipsychotic drugs increase risk of death in elderly dementia patients

Nursing home residents over the age of 65 who take certain antipsychotic medication for dementia are at an increased risk of death, suggests a research paper published today in the British Medical Journal.

Medications created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop method for advancing development of antipsychotic drugs

Researchers interested in the treatment of schizophrenia and dementia have clarified how antipsychotic drugs that target a complex of two receptors at the surface of cells in the brain work, according to a new study published ...

Medical research created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report: 1 in 5 of US adults on behavioral meds

More than 20 percent of American adults took at least one drug for conditions like anxiety and depression in 2010, according to an analysis of prescription data, including more than one in four women.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Severely impaired schizophrenics enter dynamic cycle of recovery after cognitive therapy

Cognitive therapy has dynamically improved the most neurologically impaired, poorly functioning schizophrenic patients. For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer drugs may help treatment of schizophrenia

Researchers have revealed the molecular pathway that is affected during the onset of schizophrenia and successfully alleviated symptoms of the illness in mice, using a commonly used cancer drug.

Neuroscience created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For dementia, common painkillers may work best: study

Ordinary painkillers such as paracetamol may work better than the risky antipyschotic drugs often prescribed to calm agitation in people with dementia, according to a study released Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anti-hypertension drug may improve schizophrenia symptoms

(Medical Xpress)—An anti-hypertension drug administered intravenously for a single four-hour treatment resulted in dramatic improvements of symptoms for people living with schizophrenia, according to newly published findings ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How the DSM-5 has come to grief

(Medical Xpress)—Widespread confusion about what constitutes grief, 'normaI' depression and clinical depression risks being exacerbated under the American Psychiatry Association's newest classification ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study confirms rapid rise in antipsychotic treatment of medicaid-insured children

(Medical Xpress)—A new study from the University of Maryland (UM) found that use of antipsychotic drugs from 1997 to 2006 increased 7- to 12-fold in a Medicaid population of about 500,000 children ages two to 17.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Use of adjunctive antipsychotic medications in depression

A study published this week in PLOS Medicine finds that while antipsychotic medications are associated with small-to-moderate improvements in depressive symptoms in adults, there is little evidence for improvement on mea ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stroke risk in elderly treated with antipsychotics is newly linked to specific drug actions

Antipsychotic administration in the elderly is associated with an increased risk for cerebrovascular accident, more commonly known as stroke; a new study published in Biological Psychiatry provides additional insight into t ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Opioids involved in most medical overdose deaths

(HealthDay)—Opioid analgesics are involved in the majority of pharmaceutical-related overdose deaths, frequently involving drugs prescribed for mental health conditions, according to a research letter published ...

Medications created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Group Therapy: New approach to psychosis treatment could target multiple nervous system receptors

Antipsychotic drugs, used in the treatment of psychotic disorders involving severe delusions and hallucinations, have been studied for more than 70 years. Currently available antipsychotic drugs, however, only alleviate certain ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Marked geographic variation in mental health medication use

(HealthDay)—There is considerable local and regional variation within the United States in the use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and stimulants, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in Health & ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0